The 2026 NFL Combine is in the books, and there was a lot of action both heading into Indianapolis and leaving the big event. With all the coverage, it\u2019s easy to miss some information, so to help out our Detroit Lions fans, we\u2019ve collected all our articles from this year\u2019s NFL Combine into one easy-to-access place.<\/p>\n
Additionally, we have included our thoughts on each position group\u2019s biggest riser up the Lions draft board, which player could be a realistic target for Detroit, and a sleeper pick that could interest the Lions if the situation presents itself.<\/p>\n
Pre-Combine watchlist: 6 QBs the Lions should be scouting<\/a> Pre-Combine watchlist: 10 RBs the Detroit Lions should be scouting<\/a> Pre-Combine watchlist: 7 WRs the Lions should be scouting<\/a> Pre-Combine watchlist: 10 TE prospects the Lions should be scouting<\/a> Pre-Combine watchlist: 10 OT prospects the Lions should be scouting<\/a> Pre-Combine watchlist: 10 IOL prospects the Lions should be scouting<\/a> Pre-Combine watchlist: 10 IOL prospects the Lions should be scouting<\/a> Pre-Combine watchlist: 8 interior defensive linemen the Lions should be scouting<\/a> Pre-Combine watchlist: 10 EDGE rushers the Lions should be scouting<\/a> Pre-Combine watchlist: 10 LB prospects the Lions should be scouting<\/a> Pre-Combine watchlist: 12 defensive backs the Lions should be scouting<\/a> Pre-Combine watchlist: 12 defensive backs the Lions should be scouting<\/a>
Combine winners: 3 winners from the quarterbacks group<\/a>
Rising prospect: Cole Payton, North Dakota State (6-foot-2 1\/2, 229)
Realistic target: None
Sleeper: Haynes King, Georgia Tech (6-foot-2 1\/2, 212)<\/p>\n
Combine winners: 5 winners from the running backs group<\/a>
Rising prospect: Mike Washington, Arkansas (6-foot-1, 223)
Realistic target: Kaytron Allen, Penn State (5-foot-11, 216)
Sleeper: Jam Miller, Alabama (5-foot-10, 209)<\/p>\n
Combine winners: 5 winners from the wide receivers group<\/a>
Rising prospect: Eric Rivers, Georgia Tech (5-foot-10, 196)
Realistic target: Barion Brown, LSU (5-foot-11, 177)
Sleeper: Zavion Thomas, LSU (5-foot-10 1\/2, 190)<\/p>\n
Combine winners: 5 winners from the tight ends group<\/a>
Character fits: 4 high-character tight ends that fit the Detroit Lions<\/a>
Rising prospect: Sam Roush, Stanford (6-foot-6, 267)
Realistic target: Martin Klein, Michigan (6-foot-6, 248)
Sleeper: Nate Boerkircher, Texas A&M (6-foot-6, 245)<\/p>\n
Combine winners: 12 winners from the offensive tackle\/guard group<\/a>
Character fits: 7 high-character offensive linemen for Detroit Lions<\/a>
Rising prospect: Monroe Freeling, LT, Georgia (6-foot-7 1\/2, 315)
Realistic target: Blake Miller, RT, Clemson (6-foot-7, 317)
Sleeper: Max Iheanachor, RT, Arizona State (6-foot-6, 321)<\/p>\n
Combine winners: 12 winners from the offensive tackle\/guard group<\/a>
Character fits: 7 high-character offensive linemen for Detroit Lions<\/a>
Rising prospect: Chase Bisontis, LG, Texas A&M (6-foot-5, 315)
Realistic target: Kaylan Rutledge, RG, Georgia Tech (6-foot-4, 315)
Sleeper: Gennings Dunker, G, Iowa (6-foot-5, 319)<\/p>\n
Combine winners: 5 winners from the centers group<\/a>
Character fits: 7 high-character offensive linemen for Detroit Lions<\/a>
Rising prospect: Sam Hecht, Kansas State (6-foot-4, 303)
Realistic target: Jake Slaughter, Florida (6-foot-4 1\/2, 305)
Sleeper: Logan Jones, Iowa (6-foot-3, 299)<\/p>\n
Combine winners: 5 winners from the defensive tackle group<\/a>
Character fits: 4 high-character defensive linemen for Lions fans to know<\/a>
Rising prospect: Tyler Onyedim, 3T\/5T, Texas A&M (6-foot-3 1\/2, 292)
Realistic target: Rayshaun Benny, 4i\/3T, Michigan (6-foot-3, 298)
Sleeper: Zane Durant, 3T, Penn State (6-foot-1, 290)<\/p>\n
Combine winners: 5 winners from the edge rusher group<\/a>
Character fits: 4 high-character defensive linemen for Lions fans to know<\/a>
Rising prospect: T.J. Parker, Clemson (6-foot-4, 263)
Realistic target: Dani Dennis-Sutton, Penn State (6-foot-5 1\/2, 256)
Sleeper: Malachi Lawrence, UCF (6-foot-4, 253)<\/p>\n
Combine winners: 5 winners from the linebacker group<\/a>
Character fits: 5 high-character LBs to know for Detroit Lions<\/a>
Rising prospect: Sonny Styles, Ohio State (6-foot-5, 244)
Realistic target: Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech (6-foot-1 1\/2, 231)
Sleeper: Kyle Louis, Pittsburgh (6-foot-0, 220)<\/p>\n
Combine winners: 5 winners from the cornerbacks group<\/a>
Character fits: 5 high-character defensive backs for Detroit Lions<\/a>
Rising prospect: Avieon Terrell, NB\/CB, Clemson (5-foot-11, 186)
Realistic target: Jadon Canady, NB, Oregon (5-foot-10 1\/2, 181)
Sleeper: Charles Demmings, CB\/Gunner, Stephen F. Austin (6-foot-1, 193)<\/p>\n
Combine winners: 7 winners from the safeties group<\/a>
Character fits: 5 high-character defensive backs for Detroit Lions<\/a>
Rising prospect: Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, SAF, Toledo (6-foot-3 1\/2, 201)
Realistic target: Bud Clark, FS, TCU (6-foot-1, 188)
Sleeper: VJ Payne, FS, Kansas State (6-foot-3 1\/2, 206)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 NFL Combine is in the books, and there was a lot of action both heading into…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2071],"tags":[146,113,448,2506,7,147,6,3842],"class_list":{"0":"post-796556","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-lions","8":"tag-detroit","9":"tag-detroit-lions","10":"tag-detroit-lions-draft","11":"tag-detroitlions","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-lions","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-nfl-draft-profiles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796556","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=796556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}