Allen Park — Brad Holmes was so enamored with Levi Onwuzurike that the Detroit Lions general manager explored trading into the back end of the first round to ensure landing the University of Washington defensive lineman in April's draft.
Instead, Holmes' staff convinced him to sit tight, and that patience paid off as Onwuzurike fell to the Lions with the ninth pick of the second round, No. 41 overall.
And Onwururike only added momentum to his own hype train with a high-energy, expletive-laced conference call following his selection, promising to come to Detroit to, well, put it politely, mess up offensive linemen and ruin their day.