Now a few weeks removed for the Detroit Lions’ 2025 draft, it’s time to finish out our “5 things to know” series with the team’s seventh-round picks.
While Georgia’s Dan Jackson and Dominic Lovett may not be in line for starting jobs, both have good chances to make the initial 53-man roster this year. They both can provide something on special teams, and have the tenacity and work ethic to potentially carve out roles on their respective side of the ball down the line.
Let’s start with Detroit’s first seventh-round pick: former Georgia safety Dan Jackson:
“One of the greatest stories in college football”
It’s not often that a player at a renowned football program like Georgia works his way up from a zero-star walk-on to a starter, but that’s the unbeaten path Jackson took.