Lions linked to CB Jermod McCoy, another injured NFL draft prospect

Brad Holmes hasn't shied away from taking players coming serious injuries in the NFL draft. Holmes, the Detroit Lions general manager, traded up for Jameson Williams in 2022 less than four months after Williams tore the ACL in his left knee in his final college game, and Holmes spent Day 2 picks on players such as Levi Onwuzurike, Ennis Rakestraw Jr. and Hendon Hooker despite their injury histories in college.

Holmes said he weighs injuries players are currently recovering from on a case-by-case basis, and does it in conjunction with ones they've dealt with in the past. "Take Jamo," Holmes said in his pre-draft press conference Monday, April 13 in Allen Park. "That was really his first major injury.

We felt pretty good about what the injury was and felt pretty good about with where medical advancements are at this point, we felt pretty good about that. "Same thing with Hendon. Hendon, I don’t think his injury was the reason why it didn’t work out that way.

But yeah, you just got to look at everything. It’s just, you’ve just got to feel good about it, but it’s case-by-case for sure. ” Hooker, like Williams, was coming off a torn ACL when the Lions took him in the third round of the 2023 draft, and NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah linked the Lions to another talented player coming off a significant knee injury in a conference call Tuesday.