We’ve assembled the list and percent odds from ESPN Analytics’ 2024 NFL Draft Day Predictor, which provides % chances on who each club could select with their picks in this year’s event. The Detroit Lions are slated to pick No. 29 overall.
ESPN’s projections align with what the Lions need to address going forward, namely EDGE, wide receiver, cornerback, safety, offensive line, and defensive line, with the exception of a couple quarterbacks and a linebacker.
Chop Robinson, a Missouri edge rusher, has the top rank, but Texas wide receiver Adonai Mitchell is right behind him. Kool-Aid McKinstry, a cornerback for Alabama, rounds out the top three potential selections at No. 29.
The complete results of ESPN’s Draft Day Predictor may be seen here:
Penn State’s Edge Chop Robinson: 7.4%
Texas’s Adonai Mitchell, WR: 7.3%
Alabama’s CB Kool-Aid McKinstry: 7%
EDGE Missouri’s Darius Robinson: 6.8%
5.5% for WR Xavier Worthy, Texas
5.2% for DB Cooper DeJean, Iowa
Illinois’s DL Jer’Zhan Newton: 5%
4.7% for WR Ladd McConkey of Georgia
4% of WR Brian Thomas Jr. at LSU
UCLA’s EDGE Laiatu Latu: 3.8%
3.7% for OT Tyler Guyton, Oklahoma
Missouri’s CB Ennis Rakestraw Jr.: 3.5%
Clemson’s CB Nate Wiggins: 3%
Duke’s C/G Graham Barton: 2.9%
Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr.: 2.8%
2.7% C/G Jackson Powers-Johnson, OR
OT Amarius Mims (2.5%), Georgia
2.3% for WR Xavier Legette of South Carolina
OT Arizona’s Jordan Morgan: 2.1%
Oregon’s QB Bo Nix: 2%
Troy Fautanu, Olympian (OT): 1.5%
NC State’s Payton Wilson, LB: 1.4%
EDGE 1.2% Chris Braswell, Alabama