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With their league worst record in 2008, the Lions secured the No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft. Detroit also had the No. 20 overall pick in the first round, which they received from the Dallas Cowboys as part of the Roy Williams trade in 2008. The trade also gave them additional picks in the 3rd and 6th rounds.
In addition to the 1984 supplemental draft, the NFL has hosted an annual supplemental draft since 1977 for players who had circumstances affect their eligibility for the NFL draft. [13] The Lions have only selected a player once in a supplemental draft, taking Kevin Robinson in the ninth round in 1982. [ 14 ]
The 2009 NFL draft was televised by both NFL Network and ESPN and was the first to have cheerleaders. The Detroit Lions, who became the first team in NFL history to finish a season at 0–16, used the first selection in the draft to select University of Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford. [3]
The Lions took part in the first NFL draft of college football players in 1936 and have participated in every NFL draft since. [6] [7] With the eighth pick of the first round of the 1936 draft, Sid Wagner, a guard from Michigan State University, became the Lions' first draft selection. [2]
The team's first-round pick in the inaugural NFL draft was Sid Wagner, a guard from Michigan State; he was the 8th overall selection. [ 14 ] [ 27 ] The Lions have held the first overall pick four times and selected Frank Sinkwich in 1943 , Leon Hart in 1950 , Billy Sims in 1980 , and Matthew Stafford in 2009 . [ 28 ]
Pettigrew was selected in the first round (20th overall) of the 2009 NFL draft by the Detroit Lions. [6] The pick used to select Pettigrew was originally acquired by the Lions in a trade that sent Roy Williams to the Dallas Cowboys. On July 31, 2009, the Detroit Lions signed him to a five-year, $14.60 million contract with $9.4 million ...
In April 2008, several NFL analysts predicted Stafford would be the No. 1 pick in the 2009 NFL draft if he chose to leave school early. [ 65 ] [ 66 ] He eventually did, and on April 24, 2009, agreed to record contract terms with the Detroit Lions to become the first overall pick of the 2009 NFL draft, one day before the draft was held. [ 67 ]
The Lions selected Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford with the first overall pick in the 2009 NFL draft. They agreed on a six-year, $72 million contract, with $41.7 million in guaranteed money. [209] In the first two games of 2009, the Lions lost to the New Orleans Saints and Minnesota Vikings.