Lions Pre-Draft Interview Thread

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Handy tool for tracking ALL of our interviews, not just the combine.

Actually this one from our good buddy Mike Payton goes a little deeper, has some guys we met with at the smaller all-star games. Adding them now.

https://atozsports.com/nfl/detroit-lions-news/here-are-the-31-nfl-draft-prospects-the-detroit-lions-have-had-confirmed-formal-meetings-with-at-the-2025-nfl-combine/

Players we’ve met with:

Player Position School
Mike Green Edge Marshall
Nic Scourton Edge Texas A&M
Jack Sawyer Edge Ohio State
Josaiah Stewart Edge Michigan
Sai’vion Jones Edge LSU
David Walker Edge Central Arkansas
Danny Striggow Edge Minnesota
Seth Coleman Edge Illinois
Warren Robinson Edge East Texas A&M
Fadil Diggs Edge Syracuse
Shemar Stewart Edge Texas A&M
Collin Oliver Edge/LB Oklahoma State
Jalen McLeod Edge/LB Auburn
Chazz Chambliss Edge/LB Georgia
Que Robinson Edge/LB Alabama
Chris “Pooh” Paul LB Mississippi
Cody Lindenburg LB Minnesota
Kobe King LB Penn State
Jay Higgins LB Iowa
Jihaad Campbell LB Alabama
Barrett Carter LB Clemson
Nick Jackson LB Iowa
Jesiah Pierre LB Central Florida
Ruben Hyppolite II LB Maryland
Dorian Mausi LB Auburn
Devin Veresuk LB Windsor
Noah Martin LB Samford
Micah Cretsinger LB Saginaw Valley State
Jailin Walker LB Indiana
Jomier Augustine LB Kennesaw State
Jamon Dumas-Johnson LB Kentucky
Kenneth Grant DT Michigan
Howard Cross DT Notre Dame
C.J. West DT Indiana
Soane Toia DT San Jose State
Deone Walker DT Kentucky
Joseph Evans DT UTSA
Tyleik Williams DT Ohio State
Peyton Price DT Eastern Michigan
Muftah Ageli DT Northwest Oklahoma State
Ali Saad DT Bowling Green
Maverick Hansen DT Michigan State
Darius Alexander DT Toledo
Derrick Harmon DT Oregon
Kevin Pointer DT Wake Forest
Kyonte Hamilton DT Rutgers
Elijah Simmons DT Tennessee
Jonas Sanker S Virginia
Andrew Mukuba S Texas
Donovan McMillen S Pittsburgh
Armani Adams S Western Michigan
Nate Valcarcel S Northern Illinois
Kaleb Coleman S Wayne State
Ian Kennelly S Grand Valley State
Dorian Davis S Austin Peay
Gio Nowotarski S Concordia-Wisconsin
Jaylen Reed S Penn State
Da’Raun McKinney S Central Michigan
Peyton Buckley S Augustana
Zion Childress S Kentucky
Andreas Keaton S Temple
Thomas Fidone TE Nebraska
Jackson Hawes TE Georgia Tech
CJ Dippre TE Alabama
Robbie Ouzts TE Alabama
Rivaldo Fairweather TE Auburn
Kole Taylor TE West Virginia
Tavarious Griffin TE Alcorn State
Blake Daniels TE Eastern Michigan
Maliq Carr TE Houston
Christian Carter TE Northern Illinois
Anthony Torres TE Toledo
Ben Yurosek TE Georgia
Harold Fannin Jr. TE Bowling Green
Cobee Bryant CB Kansas
O’Donnell Fortune CB South Carolina
Azareye’h Thomas CB Florida State
Darien Porter CB Iowa State
Quincy Riley CB Louisville
Jesse Johnson III CB Austin Peay
Tyron Herring CB Delaware
Maxwell Hairston CB Kentucky
Aamir Hall CB Michigan
Marcus Sheppard CB North Dakota State
Josh Williams RB LSU
Treshaun Ward RB Boston College
Lan Larison RB UC-Davis
Jalen White RB Georgia Southern
Rontavious Farmer RB St. Thomas
Penny Boone RB Central Florida
Jacquez Stewart RB Toledo
Myren Harris RB Davenport
Cam Skattebo RB Arizona State
Elic Ayomanor WR Stanford
Pat Bryant WR Illinois
Bru McCoy WR Tennessee
Ali Jennings WR Virginia
Jayden Higgins WR Iowa State
Shemar Savage WR Prairie View A&M
Nahsir Morgan WR Delaware Valley
Dariyan Wiley WR Vanderbilt
Steven McBride WR Hawai’i
Isaac TeSlaa WR Arkansas
Tyrone Broden WR Arkansas
Matthew Golden WR Texas
Abdul Ibraham WR Louisiana Tech
Kris Mitchell Edge Notre Dame
Seth Henigan QB Memphis
Jalen Milroe QB Alabama
Luke Lovell QB Albion
Cole Snyder QB Eastern Michigan
Jonah Savaiinaea iOL Arizona
Grey Zabel iOL North Dakota State
Eli Cox iOL Kentucky
Bless Harris iOL TCU
Cain Johnson iOL Augustana
John Thomas iOL New Haven
Nick Malone iOL West Virginia
Dylan Fairchild iOL Georgia
Josh Priebe iOL Michigan
Luke Newman iOL Michigan State
Donovan Jackson iOL/OT Ohio State
Emery Jones iOL/OT LSU
Anthony Belton iOL/OT North Carolina State
Charles Grant OT William & Mary
Mason Miller OT North Dakota State
Spencer Brown OT Oklahoma
Andres Borregales K Miami
Griffin Milovanski K Wayne State
William Wagner LS Michigan
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Handy tool for tracking ALL of our interviews, not just the combine.

Seems we have formal interviews set up with:

Mike Green, Edge, Marshall
Collin Oliver, Edge/LB, Oklahoma State (@CuriousHusker)
Nic Scourton, Edge, Texas A&M
Jack Sawyer, Edge, Ohio State
Josaiah Stewart, Edge, Michigan
Sai’vion Jones, Edge, LSU
Chris Paul, LB, Mississippi
Jalen McLeod, Edge, Auburn
Cody Lindenburg, LB, Minnesota
Kobe King, LB, Penn State
Jay Higgins, LB, Iowa
Howard Cross, DT, Notre Dame
Jihaad Campbell, LB, Alabama

Edit: Since I posted these have been added to the list:

Barrett Carter, LB, Clemson
Kenneth Grant, DT, Michigan

Edit: even more added:

Jonas Sanker, S, Virginia
Andrew Mukuba, S, Texas
Thomas Fidone, TE, Nebraska
Jackson Hawes, TE, Georgia Tech
CJ Dippre, TE, Alabama
Robbie Ouzts, TE, Alabama
Cobee Bryant, CB, Kansas
O’Donnell Fortune, CB, South Carolina
Azareye’h Thomas, CB, Florida State
Darien Porter, CB, Iowa State

Added more a day later:

Elic Ayomanor, WR, Stanford
Pat Bryant, WR, Illinois
Seth Henigan, QB, Memphis
Jalen Milroe, QB, Alabama
Bru McCoy, WR, Tennessee

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Not surprised by scourton or Green

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One More Time Film GIF

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Me either. I suspect it won’t be an easy interview for those guys, we’re gonna grill em

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Lots of LBs on that list, and quite a few SAMs as well. Maybe we’re looking at those more aggressively than everyone thinks.

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He has such a badass name we almost have to get him

Schlitt stealing from the board?

Oh wait, wrong one.

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According to that link above it looks like we also met with Barret Carter, LB, Clemson informally.

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Erik seems so nice… Did I tell you about the time Erik’s parents randomly stayed at the inn? They were sheepishly telling me that their son was a beat writer for the Lions and then when they said is name and I reacted like he was Walter Konkrite they beamed with joy. Me and his pa took a proud selfie. Fun small world kind of thing given the 2k miles of seperation.

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Looks like we know that we need speed on defense which is reassuring.

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Yeah some fast dudes.

I think you might have actually? Seems like it’s buried somewhere in my brain. Either way good to hear, he does seem like a good dude. And I suspect he came to that Oliver conclusion all on his own, he’s down with our needs and preferences and clearly watches plenty of prospect tape as well.

Is this visit list a sign that we think Barnes is gone?

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Seems like we’re at least planning for it, doesn’t it?

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He is one of my favorites for an AA understudy

He’s got a little too much Ernie Sims to his game for my liking, but I can see the upside pretty clearly.

We have one LB on the roster in 2026 and a former NFL Lber and LBer coach as DC. Both a SAM and a WILL is a possibility. Doubt both would be early though.

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oof, you mean the missed tackles?