Feb. 28, 2026, 10:20 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
As the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine nears its conclusion, the Detroit Lions<\/a> continue to work to identify potential fits for the franchise.<\/p>\n The Lions<\/a> own pick No. 17 in the first round of the 2026 NFL draft. Though Taylor Decker recently announced his return<\/a> for the 2026 season, Detroit could still be thinking offensive line in the draft’s opening round.<\/p>\n If the Lions opt to fortify their offensive line, one name to watch for Detroit is Alabama<\/a> offensive tackle Kadyn Proctor. A Lions scout pulled Proctor aside to talk<\/a> at the East-West Shrine Bowl in January.<\/p>\n Now, Proctor confirmed to Crunch Time Sports that he met with the Lions at the NFL combine.<\/p>\n Proctor started 40 games across his Crimson Tide career, missing just the first two games of the 2024 season with injury.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n The 6-foot-7, 366-pound lineman was Alabama’s highest-graded player last season with an overall offensive grade of 85.9, per\u00a0Pro Football Focus<\/a>. Proctor had a pass-blocking grade of 84.2, a run blocking grade of 81.1 and allowed just two sacks during the 2025 college football season.<\/p>\n For more\u00a0Lions<\/a>\u00a0coverage, follow us on X,\u00a0@TheLionsWire<\/a>, and give our\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0page a like.\u00a0Follow Josh on X,\u00a0@JoshOnLions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 28, 2026, 10:20 p.m. ET As the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine nears its conclusion, the Detroit Lions…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":783979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[95878,146,113,2506,7,147,6,52959,96502,97043,95882,96027,96242,95896,95888,95895,96684,95899,96099,95883,99521,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-783978","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-lions","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-detroit","10":"tag-detroit-lions","11":"tag-detroitlions","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-lions","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnfllions","16":"tag-sstsnlions","17":"tag-tagalabama","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagcollege-sports","20":"tag-tagdetroit-lions","21":"tag-tagnational-sports","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagnfl-scouting-combine","25":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","26":"tag-tagsec-conference-football","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-tagtaylor-decker","29":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116152959285305804","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}