Over the past three years, the Detroit Lions have invested a lot of draft picks on their defensive front. Their line features five players drafted on either Day 1 or Day 2 of the past three drafts. While Aidan Hutchinson, Alim McNeill and Josh Paschal are now regular and productive members of the line, two stand out for not having a big impact yet in their early careers: 2021 second-round pick Levi Onwuzurike and 2023 third-round pick Brodric Martin.
For Onwuzurike, it’s a been a tough road battling through injury. While he played in all 16 games his rookie season, his body was not right.