How did the Detroit Lions draft achieve 2025 in the Grit index?

The Detroit Lions acquired seven new players in the NFL design 2025 and brought another group of young people to strengthen the squad. Some players will immediately challenge themselves to start roles, while others compete for situation/reserve roles or roster spaces in general, but each of them fits their own way to the Lions organization.

In this offseason we introduced the third development of the Grit index in the hope of contextualizing what “Grit” is by summarizing data from NFL design analysts and at the same time recognizing that the system is based on incomplete and incomplete information.

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So let's take a look at how the seven draft picks of the Lions in the Grit index 2025 discuss their level and examine whether the current system has missed something.

The Lions 2025 NFL Draft Class Grit Index Scores

• Tyleik Williams, DT, State of Ohio: 42.79 (Tier 5)

• Tate Ratledge, G, Georgia: 86.3 (Tier 1, 3. Overall)

• Isaac Teslaa, WR, Arkansas: 77.36 (Tier 2, 32.

• Miles Frazier, G, LSU: 56 (Tier 4)

• Ahmed Hassanein, Edge, Boise State: 79.35 (Tier 2, 19th overall)

• Dan Jackson, S, Georgia: 76.33 (Tier 2, 41. Overall)

• Dominic Lovett, WR, Georgia: 53.88 (Tier 4)

Tyleik Williams, DT, state of Ohio: 42.79 (Tier 5)

We reflected on the information before Williams before the design and identified tallies for his intelligence and toughness, but most reports do not dive deeply into his character. In his press conference after the round, the general manager of Lions, Brad Holmes, repeated these two properties and at the same time added certain phrases such as instincts and versatility.

“I remember his interview at the combine harvester – he really brought it through the park with his intelligence and how much he knew about the game,” said Holmes.

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One of the things that we discussed in our lead over the draft was that we saw some potential defects in our system in some specific position groups in all collected data-especially in the case of nose tackle, where Williams are expected for most of its NFL career. For example, the average Grit score for a nose attack was 53.83 and only three nose sellers in the entire design class reached Tier 3 in this year's Grit index.

It is also possible that we were too hard on Williams in a few areas. When we came back to check his score again, we identified some sentences that used a softer language. For example: “In persecution mode” is always softer than the more frequent “relentless engine”. But even if we identified these phrases and included them, Williams would only have switched from Tier 5 to level 4.

At the same time, it is also possible that Williams do not score high in some of the areas we attacked. And based on its overall behavior, an animal 5 (or 4) is probably a completely precise score.

“He is a good child, he was mild,” continued Holmes. “He doesn't say much, he goes more about his business, but he not only fits the physical properties, but it will also fit the other standards that we have here.”

Tate Ratledge, G, Georgia: 86.3 (Tier 1, 3. total)

Ratledge is the main example for the proof of the concept for our Grit index. He was not only one of only 16 players who reached Status 1, but Ratledge also had the third highest number of points, regardless of the position. Here is an extract from our article:

Ratledge – who describes himself as a “dirtbag” on the field – would be a fun player who described a dirtbag with Christian Mahagony, General Manager of Lions, Brad Holmes, in his opening press conference. Matt Bowen von ESPN had to say the behavior of the Georgia Right Guard: “Ratledge plays angry in advance, with stubborn behavior on the band. He is a cultural setter who was able to give an offensive line room a feeling of the old school.”

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Ratledge achieved the grit index in toughness, passion for playing and leading the highest and at the same time scored points for his work ethic and his commitment. In his press after the 2-day, Holmes again brought up the concept of “versatility” in the discussion of Ratledge.

“Played through some serious hardness, played through a few injury, came back, played on the top level for a long time,” said Holmes. “I don't think enough about this football football can be said in which he played. Hard child. Great changing room type. I think you are happy to know him.

Isaac Teslaa, WR, Arkansas: 77.36 (Tier 2, 32. Total rank)

Teslaa was another Homerun selection for the Grit index, since he not only had a high rank, but also the second highest score among all wide-angle recipients. In our category “Passion for the Game” he achieved the highest, but also deserved notes for his work ethic, her toughness and his commitment.

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As a no-star recruit in the high school, Teslaa first visited the Hillsdale College, and in 2022 he played a broken hand while securing 68 catches for 1,325 yards. Arkansas recognized this toughness and brought him the right to improve in competition. This work morality stayed with him when he got up to the deep card and contributed to special teams – something he did after a starting role. The intangible values ​​collected Teslaa and showed themselves during his college career during the design process and helped him to be noticed by Holmes.

“He was just a pest (in the senior bowl) and he only annoyed the DBS and defenders,” said Holmes. “And of course it only made me look at the band completely, and they see a man who is only a big, long, smooth strider, can accelerate, run.

While Teslaa still has a few skills to develop into an NFL-wide memory at the starter level, Holmes believes that the work morality and the intangible characteristics Teslaa will help him overcome the obstacles before him.

“He has the tools to play outside and win outside,” continued Holmes. “He will have to learn to get out the press and all the stuff, just like everyone, but he has all the physical tools, and he has the intangible make -up to overcome it.”

Miles Frazier, G, LSU: 56 (Tier 4)

When we think about our Grit index notes for Frazier, like Williams, there were some places where he probably did not receive enough credit based on a softer language. The first example comes from Brandon Thorne's profile of Frazier at BLEACHER Report, in which he mentions that Frazier has the “strength to reduce the bull and penetrators from Stunts”, which was not included, but maybe should have been. In addition, the Athletics's Dane Brugler notes that Frazier can “be a tyrant if he wants”, which was also excluded because this indicates that it happens. But even if we added such fringe terms, he might have risen a level (to level 3), but probably not further – similar to that with Williams.

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However, the most challenging obstacle when trying to identify the Grit level from Frazier is the lack of available information. Most of the preliminary draft profiles of Frazier concentrated not only on the gameplay, but also those that included characteristics were limited or passive. Even Holmes, who spends time to talk about every draft, has never really dealt with Frazier's intangible values.

What we know is that Frazier has achieved positive scores for passion, commitment and toughness together with the occasional great quote, which encouraged us that its character has more than what was published in this off -season.

“(Frazier) had an additional advantage. You could see that he was different,” said Eric Gregory, defender of Arkansas, about the DANE Brugler of athletic.

Ahmed Hassanein, Edge, Boise State: 79.35 (Tier 2, 19th total)

Hassanein was a level -2 player and only 0.65 when he was the animal -1 threshold on the Grit Index and another epitome of Holmes Draft Pick. Passion, working morale and football character were of the charts for Hassanein, which has an incredible background story that describes his way to the NFL.

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“He will do everything he can, and he will try to make sure that he will maximize every single thing he has in his body,” said Holmes. “It will be very, very trainable; the child would probably sleep in this facility if he could. This is what his make -up is, and he only brings a lot of energy. I mean, you saw it with the combine harvester. He is a non -stop child, so he reflects his engine, what his personality is and how you know that it is right here.”

While Hassaneins Grit -Score is impressive, there were a few things that stopped him near the top of the class. His lack of experience has certainly limited him. It was even more important that the design of our index focused exclusively on written materials that could be aggregated and did not contain any entries from me or Anthony (which the index co-cameted). This may have been a mistake because it prevented us from involving moments (as from the combine harvester) that illustrate his passion and intensity:

The addition of this note would probably be sufficient to bring hate in animal 1 – which is probably where it belongs – and we plan that we want to prepare for the index of the next year.

Dan Jackson, S, Georgia: 76.33 (Tier 2, 41. Total)

Passion, work morality and toughness are the core of everything Jackson does. He is estimated by coaches and teammates in Georgia, where they routinely rave about his commitment to team, football intelligence and leadership, all of which led to an animal -2 ranking.

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Like Teslaa, Jackson was a recruit with zero star, but instead of going through a smaller school instead of going through a smaller school, he decided to go to Georgia (his dream school) and work from there. Jackson's intangible values ​​would help him win a job in special teams, earn a starting role and become a captain in 2024.

“We always liked Dan Jackson, just to be an intoxicating security, and who got football in their hands,” said Holmes: “And a lot of it is over his neck, but he is faster than what many people think. He was in the senior bowl, so he has put together a nice little year.”

Dominic Lovett, WR, Georgia: 53.88 (Tier 4)

Lovett's willingness to compete in special teams-especially as an NFL protector NFL starter level, brings it to Tier 4, but in addition there was very little about his Grit character.

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“Dominic Lovett, obviously he is another, whom I have been a fan of him for a long time, we all have,” said Holmes. “And one thing about him is that he has speed, he can do a lot of things out of the slot, but he is a really good special team player, so we are thrilled to get him.”

Summary

While the Lions opened the design with a player with a “mild man” player who is a perfect scheme, four of the remaining six players they designed were all animal 1 or 2 players and all in the top 41 “Gritty” potential in this design class.

While the Lions aimed at many of the characteristics that we have identified in the Grit index, they seem to look for coarse -grained players who are intelligent, instinctive, versatile and adaptable -which will help us to guide us for future evolutions of the Grit index.

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