The Detroit Lions signed third-round pick Alim McNeill to a four-year deal on Thursday, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Media.
The 6-foot-2, 320-pound defensive tackle from North Carolina State had 10 sacks in three seasons and earned second-team Associated Press All-America and first-team All-ACC honors during the 2019 season.
"Watching him on film, he seems like a kind of shorter, wider guy, so you’re automatically thinking, ‘OK, he’s your typical two-down anchor nose tackle,'" Lions GM Brad Holmes said on the second day of the NFL draft on April 30.
"But then you keep watching him and it’s like, ‘Wait, hold up.