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"It's pretty good," Kiper said. "I think there's a lot of defensive tackles who could go fairly high."
Kiper said there isn't a defensive tackle prospect on the level of Suh, whom the Lions drafted second overall out of Nebraska in 2010. But he said several players could land in the mid- to late first round, where the Lions should be picking come April.
"Danny Shelton from Washington (is) a nose tackle but could play in pretty much any scheme. But the 3-4 teams are going to look heavily at him," Kiper said. "But I think Eddie Goldman from Florida State -- now he's had some games where he hasn't dominated, but he's doubled, he had the injury last week when he came out of the game early. But when you look at Eddie Goldman, I watched him in high school, this is a kid with a lot of talent."
Shelton has 89 tackles and nine sacks for the Huskies, who finished the regular season 8-5. Goldman leads the undefeated Seminoles with four sacks.
Lions general manager Martin Mayhew already has made two in-person visits to scout Florida State, his alma mater, this year.
Along with Shelton and Goldman, Kiper said that Texas underclassman Malcolm Brown and Ohio State defensive tackles Michael Bennett and Adolphus Washington, a junior, also project as first- or second-round picks.
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2014/12/11/nfl-draft-prospects-detroit-lions/20243097/
Kiper said there isn't a defensive tackle prospect on the level of Suh, whom the Lions drafted second overall out of Nebraska in 2010. But he said several players could land in the mid- to late first round, where the Lions should be picking come April.
"Danny Shelton from Washington (is) a nose tackle but could play in pretty much any scheme. But the 3-4 teams are going to look heavily at him," Kiper said. "But I think Eddie Goldman from Florida State -- now he's had some games where he hasn't dominated, but he's doubled, he had the injury last week when he came out of the game early. But when you look at Eddie Goldman, I watched him in high school, this is a kid with a lot of talent."
Shelton has 89 tackles and nine sacks for the Huskies, who finished the regular season 8-5. Goldman leads the undefeated Seminoles with four sacks.
Lions general manager Martin Mayhew already has made two in-person visits to scout Florida State, his alma mater, this year.
Along with Shelton and Goldman, Kiper said that Texas underclassman Malcolm Brown and Ohio State defensive tackles Michael Bennett and Adolphus Washington, a junior, also project as first- or second-round picks.
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2014/12/11/nfl-draft-prospects-detroit-lions/20243097/
