Updated April 1, 2026, 6:44 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
Previously, I posted my first Detroit Lions medical mock draft: low-risk edition<\/a>. Now, let’s take a look at what a high-risk draft might look like for the Lions<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here is the excerpt of my Detroit Lions medical mock draft: high-risk edition<\/a>. Here’s the full 2026 NFL draft medical Big Board<\/a>.<\/p>\n Click on each player for their full medical report. Age in parentheses is at start of 2026 season. Included is the medical concern level from 0 (no concern) to 10 (major concerns).<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n Mesidor\u2019s age is a double-edged sword. It might mean he is ready-to-roll right out of the gate, but it also means he has a lot of mileage with a shorter career ahead of him. The Lions<\/a> decide to resurrect the ghost of Ziggy Ansah with their 1st round pick.<\/p>\n Sesamoid surgery, ankle surgery, shoulder surgery, knee<\/p>\n The Lions become enamored with Dunker\u2019s gorgeous, flowing, orange mullet, and ignore the OR visits for his toe, ankle, and shoulder.<\/p>\n ROUND 3:\u00a0Caleb Banks<\/a>, DT (23) – 10\/10<\/p>\n Possibly the most concerning medical history in the draft falls to the Lions in Round 3, which is also the number of reported foot surgeries that Banks has had in the past 1.5 years.<\/p>\n ROUND 4:\u00a0Isaiah World<\/a>, OT (22-23?) – 6\/10<\/p>\n Buoyed off their success with Jameson Williams\u2019 ACL, the Lions redshirt World for 2026 with the plans of having him start at OT in 2027. They cross their fingers that Jared Goff is still alive then.<\/p>\n ROUND 5:\u00a0Oscar Delp<\/a>, TE (23) – 7\/10Active hairline fracture in foot found at combine<\/p>\n The Lions have already drafted three foot problems earlier, so they go for the quadfecta here with Delp. They then immediately place their foot surgeon on permanent call.<\/p>\n Shoulder surgery plus recurrent shoulder issues, age<\/p>\n The Lions are undeterred by recent shoulder surgeries to Terrion Arnold and\u00a0Ennis Rakestraw<\/a>, and add another shoulder concern to the secondary.<\/p>\n Whittington is still trying to recover from his toe injury. Familiarity breeds comfort for the Lions who are no stranger to chronic toe problems with the recent losses of Frank Ragnow and\u00a0Taylor Decker<\/a>.<\/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":"Updated April 1, 2026, 6:44 p.m. ET Previously, I posted my first Detroit Lions medical mock draft: low-risk…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":848446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[95878,146,113,2506,7,1070,147,6,52959,96502,95882,96242,101551,97710,97619,95896,95888,95899,96071,95883,97467,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-848445","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-jr","14":"tag-lions","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sstssportsnfllions","17":"tag-sstsnlions","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagdetroit-lions","20":"tag-tagennis-rakestraw","21":"tag-tagfantasy-sports","22":"tag-tagjameson-williams","23":"tag-tagnational-sports","24":"tag-tagnfl","25":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","26":"tag-tagsmg-timely","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-tagterrion-arnold","29":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116332761195042079","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848445","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=848445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/848446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}