March 27, 2026, 1:52 a.m. ET<\/p>\n
The Lions<\/a> may be looking for a safety within the first two rounds due to injuries to Kerby Joseph<\/a> and Brian Branch<\/a>. That’s where Jalon Kilgore may come in. He has some minor injuries, but appears to be a relatively low-risk prospect for a team that needs to add health to that room.<\/p>\n Here is the excerpt of my medical report on Jalon Kilgore:<\/a><\/p>\n Jalon Kilgore, S (21) – South Carolina<\/p>\n Projected round 2-3.<\/p>\n Concern level 2\/10<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n While his availability has been excellent, Kilgore has a history of hamstring strains in 2025 and 2023. If his 2024 injury is found to be also a hamstring, then happenstance becomes a disturbing trend.<\/p>\n With fast-twitch athletes, hamstrings are going to be very common, and generally don\u2019t present any long-term issues. The difficult trick will be to determine if a certain player is more prone to hamstrings.<\/p>\n What helps Kilgore a lot is his young age.<\/p>\n For more\u00a0Lions<\/a>\u00a0coverage, follow us on X,\u00a0@TheLionsWire<\/a>, and give our\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0page a like.\u00a0Follow Jimmy on X,\u00a0@JimmyLiaoMD<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 27, 2026, 1:52 a.m. ET The Lions may be looking for a safety within the first two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":836384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[95878,7,6,15,52959,96502,95882,100085,96242,95893,100500,96689,95896,95888,95899,96071,98132,95883,95894,95881],"class_list":["post-836383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl-draft","tag-accessfree","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft","tag-sstssportsnfllions","tag-sstsnlions","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagbrian-branch","tag-tagdetroit-lions","tag-tagfacebook","tag-taginjury","tag-tagkerby-joseph","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsmg-timely","tag-tagsouth-carolina","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtwitter","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116299967926529703","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836383","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=836383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}