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2025 Detroit Lions roster preview: Why Giovanni Manu is poised for Year 2 jump

Our 2025 Detroit Lions roster review continues with one of the most enigmatic players on the team.

Offensive lineman Giovanni Manu was arguably the most shocking pick of Detroit’s 2024 draft class, with general manager Brad Holmes trading a future third-round pick to select the University of British Columbia talent in the fourth round.

With that aggressive of a move in the draft, Holmes clearly sees potential with the raw prospect, but his rookie season was spent behind closed doors. Still, there are a lot of reasons to expect a huge jump from the massive offensive tackle in 2025.