Typically, the tight end position is one we rarely see taken within the top ten selections of the NFL draft. In fact, in the past ten years, only one tight end has been selected that high. That prospect of course being North Carolina tight end Eric Ebron by the Detroit Lions back in 2014.
Prior to Ebron’s selection, Vernon Davis (2006) and Kellen Winslow II (2004) are the only other tight ends selected in the top ten in the past 23 years. So the thought of the Lions using the eighth overall selection in the upcoming draft on the position seems ludicrous.