Heading into the 2025 NFL Draft, the prevailing thought was that the Detroit Lions would seek a pass rusher who would play opposite of star Aidan Hutchinson. But the organization has yet to address that need with their first three picks. "We're not going to chase a position," general manager Brad Holmes reiterated Friday.

“He joined Detroit midway through training camp last summer and impressed enough to stick around as the de facto third quarterback,” Risdon wrote. “The one-time Georgia Bulldogs star has bounced around a few NFL teams since being drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the fifth round of the 2020 NFL Draft.”