{"id":840521,"date":"2026-03-29T07:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T07:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/840521\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T07:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T07:26:07","slug":"nfl-draft-injury-analysis-dj-campbell-og","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/840521\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Draft Injury Analysis: DJ Campbell OG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 28, 2026, 11:36 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Despite the offseason acquisitions of <a href=\"http:\/\/lionswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/lions\/2026\/03\/09\/detroit-lions-injury-reports-juice-scruggs-seth-mclaughlin\/89035936007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Juice Scruggs<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/lionswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/lions\/2026\/03\/11\/detroit-lions-free-agency-injury-report-larry-borom\/89089406007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Larry Borom<\/a>, the <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Lions<\/a> may still want to add to the OG position in the draft. If they pick a 2nd-round OG, that player is likely a starter as a rookie. DJ Campbell is a player projected to go in the Round 2 range and is also medically clean.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Here is the excerpt of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jimmyliaomd.com\/p\/nfl-draft-2026-kaytron-allen-roman-hemby-jam-miller\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">my medical report on DJ Campbell:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">(Ages in parentheses are at start of 2026 season and are factored into the concern level. Injury info and ages based on available public information are unverified and subject to update. Games played data courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sports-reference.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">sports-reference.com<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>DJ Campbell OG, (22) &#8211; Texas<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Projected round 2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=83224X1595658&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fnfl%2Fdraft2026%2Fstory%2F_%2Fid%2F46573669%2F2026-nfl-draft-rankings-mel-kiper-big-board-top-prospects-players-positions&amp;xcust=SC1-SLIO&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Flionswire.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2Flions%2F2026%2F03%2F28%2Fnfl-draft-injury-analysis-dj-campbell-og-texas%2F89349122007%2F\" data-v-afl=\"\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#5 OG per Mel Kiper.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Concern level 0\/10<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Campbell has been perfectly available the last 3 seasons and has suffered only very minor injuries. He appears to be a very clean prospect and is at the right age. If the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/detroit-lions\/334\" data-autotag=\"a9d615a6-a025-4346-9c29-28956ed45852\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Lions<\/a> want a low-risk, instant-starter in the 2nd round, Campbell might be it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">For more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/detroit-lions\/334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Lions<\/a>\u00a0coverage, follow us on X,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thelionswire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">@TheLionsWire<\/a>, and give our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lionswire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0page a like.\u00a0Follow Jimmy on X,\u00a0@<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JimmyLiaoMD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">JimmyLiaoMD<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 28, 2026, 11:36 a.m. ET Despite the offseason acquisitions of Juice Scruggs and Larry Borom, the Lions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":840522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[95878,146,113,2506,7,147,6,52959,96502,95882,96242,95893,111183,110994,95896,95888,95899,96071,95902,95883,97438,95894,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-840521","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-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagdetroit-lions","19":"tag-tagfacebook","20":"tag-tagjuice-scruggs","21":"tag-taglarry-borom","22":"tag-tagnational-sports","23":"tag-tagnfl","24":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","25":"tag-tagsmg-timely","26":"tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-tagtexas","29":"tag-tagtwitter","30":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116311280070137373","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840521","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=840521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}