Aidan Hutchinson looks ready for a smooth transition to the NFL, playing for the Detroit Lions’s training camp, which is a 30-minute drive from his parents’ home. “I can live in the basement,” he joked Friday in Allen Park, Michigan. Detroit picked up the former Michigan and Dearborn Divine Child defense No. 2 on Thursday night and welcomed him, his parents and his two sisters back to Motor City less than 24 hours later. “It feels like a dream,” said his mother, Melissa Hutchinson. “We would have gotten used to it wherever he was, but Detroit is special because he is a boy from his hometown of football, high school, college and now he can stay home with the Lions.” Aidan Hutchinson grew up in nearby Plymouth, Michigan and played high school football about five minutes from the facility where he will train and practice as an NFL player. “To think I am a lion is like a wild dream,” he said. “I’m sure one of these days will hit me.” The Lions have suffered many blows over the years, advancing to the playoffs only once since winning the NFL in 1957, and this unique post-season victory was three decades ago. Hutchinson remembers the team’s 0-16 season in 2008, the low point of a long-suffering franchise. “Not a ton of good memories,” he said. Detroit is attempting another rebuild, hoping that general manager Brad Holmes and coach Dan Campbell can make all the right moves for a team that has averaged just four wins in the last four years. The Lions entered the NFL draft with an extra first-round pick, acquired as part of Matthew Stafford’s trade with the Los Angeles Rams, and used the asset to play in Las Vegas on a coveted player. Detroit climbed a lot in the opening round to put Jameson Williams in the No. 12 draft, abandoning last-round pick No. 32 overall and a third-round pick for the Alabama wide receiver and a place in the middle of the second round. “If we have the confidence and the buy-in, we know we will be aggressive and we will go and get this player,” said Holmes. “There are not many of them, but fortunately Jameson was one.”

New Seattle Seahawks left-back Charles Cross says he is betting on himself by choosing not to have an agenda to start his NFL career. Cross was selected No. 9 in the first round by the Seahawks and appeared at the team’s premises on Friday. Cross said he set up a team around him to help with business decisions – and specifically pointed to Saint Omni’s business manager who was with him on Friday – but that team does not include an agent. “I just had to bet on myself,” Cross said. “I bet on myself and save money in the long run.” Cross said he spoke to some former Mississippi teammates who chose to play in the NFL and that helped stabilize his decision. “It’s just that I got their input and their knowledge about it really helped me make my decision. “I feel like I have a big team around me,” Cross said.

Going to Round 2, the Big 12 is still waiting for its first player to be called up in the draft. The conference was the only one in Power Five with no options in the first round. It was the second year in a row that the Big 12 closed. Prior to 2021, the convention had at least one first round each year since it was formed in 1996 as a merger of the Big Eight and Southwest Conferences. Among the Big 12 players selected in the second round are Breece Hall of Iowa State, Baylor’s Jalen Pitre and defensive lineman Perrion Winfrey, edge rusher Nik Bonito and linebacker Brian Asamoah from across Oklahoma. The Big 12 had 22 players in the draft last year. First was Oklahoma State lineman Teven Jenkins, who was ranked 39th overall by Chicago.

ROUND 1 The first round of the NFL draft started and ended with the selection of the former defenders of the University of Georgia. The Minnesota Vikings selected the safe Lewis Cine with the final choice of the first round that started with Jacksonville selecting the forward Travon Walker. Meanwhile, Georgia’s former defenders Jordan Davis went to the Eagles at No. 10, and Quay Walker and Devende Wyatt were selected by the Green Bay Packers with 22 and 28, respectively. The Bulldogs won the national championship with the strength of their defense. The previous record was four defenders who took from the same school in the first round in 2004 (Miami) and in 2006 (Florida State).

The Green Bay Packers became the first team in the Common Draft season to ever select two players from the same school in the first round. The Packers selected former University of Georgia teammates Quay Walker with 22nd pick and Devonte Wyatt with 28th pick. Four members of the National Defense Bulldog were selected in the first round, tying for the most. Former Georgia rider Travon Walker was Jacksonville’s first-choice pick and former Bulldog defensive tackle Jordan Davis was the 13th overall pick. The other schools that had four defensive players selected in the first round are the University of Miami in 2004 and the State University of Florida in 2006.

The New York Jets load the first round drafts. They climbed to No. 26 in an exchange with the Tennessee Titans on Thursday night and chose the defensive end of the state of Florida, Jermaine Johnson II. The Jets also selected former University of Cincinnati corner back Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner with fourth overall pick and Ohio State receiver Garrett Wilson with 10th overall. Johnson had 70 tackles, including 18 for defeats and 12 tackles for the state of Florida last season. He was part of the University of Georgia’s defensive defense until his transfer to the Seminoles in 2021.

Three members of the Georgian defense who led the Bulldogs to the national championship have been selected in the first round of the NFL draft so far. The Green Bay Packers selected linebacker Quay Walker at No. 22, with Washington cornerback Trent McDuffie from the Chiefs at 21 and Florida corner kicker Kaiir Elam from the Bills at No. 23. The Jacksonville Jaguars picked Travon Walker as the overall pick and the Philadelphia Eagles picked Georgia Jordan Davis’s defensive tackle at No. 13. The most defensive players selected by a faculty are four who were nominated by the University of Miami in 2004 and tied by the State of Florida two years later.

Finally, a general was selected in the NFL 2022 draft. The Pittsburgh Steelers selected General Kenny Pickett of the University of Pittsburgh with the 20th overall selection on Thursday night. The Steelers were in the market for a general after the departure of Ben Roethlisberger after last season. Pickett set a school record with 12,303 yards and 81 touchdowns, but the size of his hand – measuring 8 5/8 inches on his professional day after measuring 8 1/2 inches in the NFL – was for some teams.

For the first time, six large-scale receivers were selected in the top 20 options of the first round. The most recent are Penn State’s Jahan Dotson in Washington at No. 16 and Arkansas Treylon Burks in Tennessee at No. 18. The Titans traded former Pro Bowl receiver AJ Brown to the Philadelphia Eagles to move up to 18th place. Prior to that, the Texans selected Texas A&M guard Kenyon Green at No. 15, Baltimore’s Notre Dame’s Kyle Hamilton at No. 14, and Philadelphia selected Georgia’s tackle Jordan Davis at No. 13. . Picks 10, 11 and 12 were all pass catchers, starting with Garrett Wilson in the New York Jets at No. 10. USC Drake London was the first wide receiver from the board when the Falcons selected him in the eighth overall.

There is a wide receiver run in the NFL Draft. Options 10, 11 and 12 were all passes, starting with Garrett Wilson in the New York Jets at No. 10. His sideline skills, as well as his speed and ability to find the finish line, will all help. in a young attack. Wilson’s Ohio State teammate Chris Olave joined the Saints after New Orleans traded with Washington, who picked New Orleans No. 16. The Lions went up to 12 as they traded options with Minnesota and chose Alabama wide receiver Jameson Williams, who played with Olave and Wilson in 2020 in Ohio before transferring to the Crimson Tide.

The Week 2 match between the AFC West rivals was announced on Thursday during the first round of the NFL draft.

Seattle has struggled on the offensive line with Mississippi tackle Charles Cross ninth overall in the first round of the NFL draft. With a good size and length of 6 feet-5, 310, Cross is considered by some scouts to be the best pass blocker in this draft. The Seahawks like to focus on running and will probably need it with General Russell Wilson now in Denver, but Cross is learning fast. The Jets used 10th place to add to their home team with Garrett Wilson of Ohio. His passing skills, as well as his detachment speed and ability to find the finish line, will all help a young attacker. Wilson caught 23 touchdowns in 33 games with 19 starts.

The Southern California receiver Drake London, built as a 6-foot-210, 210-foot basketball player but truly a footballer, finished eighth overall in Atlanta. The Falcons, who exchanged veteran General Matt Ryan in Indianapolis …