Detroit Lions 7-round mock draft: After the Jeff Okudah trade

Fourth Round

The Lions don’t have a 2023 fourth-round pick right now.

Fifth Round

Thompson-Robinson was a top recruit coming out of Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas. He was a five-year starter at UCLA, setting multiple program records along the way as he fell just short of passing Cade McNown as the school’s all-time passing yardage leader.

Thompson steadily improved over his time under Chip Kelly, with 48 touchdowns and 16 interceptions over his final two seasons. Last season, his 69.6 percent completion rate was sixth in FBS (minimum 250 pass attempts) and he was one of two FBS quarterbacks with at least 27 touchdown passes and 12 rushing scores. Production on the ground with his legs is nice, but just as (if not more) importantly, he is able to make plays throwing on the run.

Thompson-Robinson would be able to sit behind Jared Goff for a year, then possibly take over as the Lions starting quarterback in 2024.

The Lions’ tight end group is begging for an injection of talent, and it should come somewhere in the draft. Schoonmaker, a Michigan product, is on their radar with ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reporting the Lions are among his upcoming pre-draft visits.

Schoonmaker’s production over his last two seasons at Michigan, to be frank, doesn’t leap off the page. But he did average almost 12 yards per catch last year (35 catches for 418 yards), with size (6-foot-5, 251 pounds), athleticism (fifth-best athleticism score among tight ends at the Combine) and an all-around skill set that will appeal to the Lions. NFL.com’s Lance Zierlien has compared him to Buffalo Bills tight end Dawson Knox.

Knox is not a star, but he’s a key piece to the equation in a very good offense. Sounds about right for the Lions and what they’ll desire in a new No. 1 tight end post-T.J. Hockenson, and Schoonmaker looks like a nice fit.

Sixth Round

It’s well-established how much I love the David Montgomery signing for the Lions, and he’s not going anywhere for at least two seasons–if not the full three-year term of his contract. But it makes sense to keep adding running backs to the pipeline, due to the short shelf life at the position, and D’Andre Swift may not last to or through the 2023 season in Detroit before being traded.

Ibrahim capped a nice career at Minnesota by leading the Big Ten in rushing last season (1,665 yards), and he also led the conference wth 20 rushing touchdowns. He also did both of those things in 2020, with 1,076 yards and 15 touchdowns in that truncated season. If not for suffering a torn Achilles in the 2021 season opener against Ohio State (when he had 30 carries for 163 yards and two touchdowns), he may have made it three years in a row as the Big Ten’s top rusher. Over his last 20 games as a Gopher, he scored 37 touchdowns.

Ibrahim does not wow with imposing physical or athletic traits. But the whole is greater than the sum of the parts, as he just finds a way to gain yards and always fall forward with a low center of gravity (5-foot-8), sneaky power and a nose for the end zone. He has untapped potential as a pass receiver as well.

Ibrahim feels like the kind of back who will be drafted on Day 3, then go on to play a solid decade in the league.

Moody is getting some steam as a fairly early draft pick, Day 2 range perhaps, and the Lions are reportedly among the teams with interest.

Over his career at Michigan, Moody made 82.1 percent of his field goals (69-for-84) and all 148 of his extra points. His career long was 59 yards, with 17 kicks of a least 40 yards out and four from 50-plus, and he made plenty of clutch kicks. In 2021, he won the Lou Groza Award as the top kicker the country.

Michael Badgley was mostly fine after taking over as the Lions’ kicker last season. But the door is open to competition being added, and to that end a kicker could be drafted. Moody was here to be taken, however unlikely it may seem he actually will be come the draft, and it was an easy pick.

Seventh Round

The Lions also don’t currently have a 2023 seventh-round pick.