Updated list of Detroit Lions 2025 draft picks

An updated list of the Detroit Lions’ 2025 draft picks remaining after an active 2024 draft.

Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes was certainly not afraid to trade up in the 2024 NFL Draft. Of the Lions’ six picks in the draft, four were the result of a trade up. Two of those four trades only involved a swap of 2024 draft capital, but in the other two transactions, Holmes dipped into 2025 draft picks to consummate the deal.

First, he used a 2025 third-round pick to move into the fourth round and draft British Columbia offensive tackle Giovanni Manu. Shortly thereafter, Holmes packaged a sixth-round pick and a 2025 fourth-round pick to move from Pick 164 to Pick 132 and get a sixth-rounder in return. With the upgraded pick, the Lions drafted RB/S Sione Vaki.

While some general managers don’t love using future draft capital—especially considering future draft picks are generally viewed as one round less valuable than this year (ie: it takes a future third-round pick to trade for a fourth-round pick)—Holmes said the team had enough future draft capital that he believes he’s left the team in fine shape for the 2025 NFL Draft and beyond.

“I wouldn’t say (we’re) shorthanded,” Holmes said. “I think the only pick we don’t have is a third-round pick. Is that right? Would that be shorthanded if you’re missing one third-round pick?

“So, I feel really good about it. And we looked at that because I would not have thought that we would’ve been able to trade twice into the fourth round. When I looked at the – again, when you look at those things it’s like, ‘OK, well what are the future assets?’ Well, we did all the calculations and I was like, ‘Wait, well you can do it because you have the extra four.’ I was like, ‘Man, if you can do all of this and the only thing you feel like you’re losing is a future third, just go ahead and do it.’”

Let’s take a look at where the Lions’ 2025 draft picks now stand, and how the Lions got to be where they are:

2025 Detroit Lions draft picks:

• First-round pick
• Second-round pick
• Third round pick — traded to Jets for Giovanni Manu pick
• Fourth-round pick
• Fourth Round pick from Eagles (D’Andre Swift trade) — traded back to the Eagles to draft Sione Vaki
• Fifth-round pick
• Sixth-round pick — Traded to Brown for Donovan Peoples-Jones
• Sixth-round pick (from Buccaneers) — Acquired as part of Carlton Davis trade
• Seventh-round pick
• Seventh-round pick (from Cowboys) — Acquired as part of trade up for Terrion Arnold

Simplified, here’s the Lions 2025 draft capital:

• First round
• Second round
• Fourth round
• Fifth round
• Sixth round (from Buccaneers)
• Seventh round
• Seventh round (from Cowboys)

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And here are the full details of the relevant trades (2025 picks highlighted):

Terrion Arnold trade:

Lions get:

• 2024 24th overall pick — Terrion Arnold
• 2025 seventh-round pick

Cowboys get:

• 2024 29th overall pick
• 2024 73rd overall pick

Giovanni Manu trade:

Lions get:

• 2024 fourth-round pick (Pick 126) — Giovanni Manu

Cowboys get:

• Lions’ 2025 third-round pick

D’Andre Swift trade

Lions get:

• 2023 seventh-round pick (Pick 219)
• 2025 seventh-round pick

Eagles get:

• RB D’Andre Swift
• 2023 seventh-round pick (Pick 249)

Sione Vaki trade

Lions get:

• 2024 fourth-round pick (Pick 126) — Sione Vaki
• 2024 sixth-round pick (Pick 210) — Christian Mahogany

Eagles get:

• 2024 fifth-round pick (Pick 164)
• 2024 sixth-round pick (Pick 201)
• 2025 fourth-round pick (from Swift trade)

Donovan Peoples-Jones trade

Lions get:

• WR Donovan Peoples-Jones

Browns get:

• 2025 sixth-round pick

Carlton Davis trade

Lions get:

• CB Carlton Davis
• 2024 sixth-round pick (Pick 201) — eventually traded to Eagles (see: above)
• 2025 seventh-round pick

Buccaneers get:

• 2024 third-round pick (Pick 92)