The Lions traded down a few spots within the fifth round, picking up a seventh-round pick from Dallas in the process. Detroit used its new fifth rounder on defensive tackle Caraun Reid of Princeton. Then the Lions picked wide receiver TJ Jones of Notre Dame in the sixth round and kicker Nate Freese of Boston College in the seventh.
Lawson, listed by the Lions at 5-foot-10, was one of the top defensive players in the Mountain West Conference last year,Adidas Scarpe Nuove, and he was a regular starter during his last three seasons at Utah State. |
