The Detroit Lions surprised a lot of people when they traded up back into the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft to take Western Kentucky defensive tackle Brodric Martin. In fact, Martin was caught off guard, too. While setting up for a Day 3 draft party—when he was expecting to get drafted—he received the call from Detroit and went running to his family to tell them the good news.
To get a better understanding of what the Lions saw in Martin, we had a chat with someone who has been covering the 330-pound nose tackle for the past two years.