Early on trade deadline day, the Detroit Lions got the ball rolling in deals around the league with the acquisition of defensive end Za'Darius Smith and a 2026 seventh-round pick from the Cleveland Browns for a 2025 fifth-round pick and a 2026 sixth-round pick.
Of course the Smith trade has impact on the future draft capital for the Lions, so let's take a look at where that sits now.
Detroit Lions future draft picks: 2025, 2026, 2027
Detroit Lions 2025 draft picks
- Own first-round pick
- Own second-round pick
- Own fourth-round pick
- Buccaneers sixth-round pick (via Carlton Davis trade)
- Own seventh-round pick
- Cowboys seventh-round pick (via Terrion Arnold trade)
The Lions sent their 2025 third-round pick to the New York Jets when they traded up for offensive lineman Giovannu Manu in this year's draft.
The Lions of course parted with their 2025 fifth-rounder in the deal to get Smith.
The Lions sent their own 2025 sixth-round pick to the Browns for wide receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones at the 2023 trade deadline.
The 2025 fourth-round pick the Lions got from the Eagles in the D'Andre Swift trade was sent back to Philadelphia in the trade up to get running back Sione Vaki in this year's draft.
Via the Denzel Mims trade with the Jets in 2023, the pick the Lions gave up was contingent on Mims making their roster (he didn't) and the pick they were in line to also get was negated.
Detroit Lions 2026 draft picks
- Own first-round pick
- Own second-round pick
- Own third-round pick
- Own fourth-round pick
- Own fifth-round pick
- Own seventh-round pick
- Browns seventh-round pick (from Za'Darius Smith trade)
As part of the Smith trade, the Lions sent their 2026 sixth-round pick to the Browns and added a second seventh-rounder.
The Lions conditionally sent their 2026 seventh-round pick to the Jacksonville Jaguars in the trade for kicker Riley Patterson in May of 2023. The conditions were unclear, but it appears the Lions retained the pick.
Detroit Lions 2027 draft picks
- Own first-round pick
- Own second-round pick
- Own third-round pick
- Own fourth-round pick
- Own fifth-round pick
- Own sixth-round pick
- Own seventh-round pick