Pride of Detroit
A dive deep into everything you should know about Detroit Lions 7th-round pick, WR Dominic Lovett.
We’ve come to the end of the Detroit Lions’ 2025 draft class when it comes to our “5 things to know” series. Before we get into Lions seventh-round pick Dominic Lovett, make sure you catch up on the series below.
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Here are five things to know about Lovett.
Without a doubt, Lovett’s defining feature is his speed, which he utilized early and often in college. At the NFL Combine, Lovett ran a 4.40 40-yard dash, which ranked 11th among the wide receiver group.
You don’t often think about a 5-foot-10, 185 pound player who wins with speed as someone who is particularly tough or physical, but Georgia coach Kirby Smart made sure that Lovett built some physicality in his game for his final year in 2024.
“Kirby’s kind of old-school,” Lovett said at the NFL Combine. “He likes the tough guys. He likes the smash-mouth football. He wants the guys that are going to block when they don’t got the ball. He wants the guys that are going to go out there and dig out a safety. He wants guys that will be on special teams. He wants guys that will play complete football, and not just be like a one-position guy. He wants you to be able to be all over the field and just be a tough football player, really. Biggest thing is he likes toughness and grit.”
Georgia has a weekly practice they call “Bloody Tuesday,” which emphasizes physicality and intensity, and many former Bulldogs—including Lovett—credit those practices for making them NFL-ready.
“I can play bigger than what I am,” Lovett said. “Even though I’m 5-10, a smaller guy, you can still put me on the outside, put me on a big-box fade, and I just play bigger than what I am. My attitude and my heart is all.”
That’s clearly something that Lions general manager Brad Holmes picked up on.
“(He’s) been mostly a slot and he can do some gadget things, but he’s got some toughness about him when he’s got the ball in his hands that we really, really like,” Holmes said Saturday night.
Before he transferred to Georgia, Lovett played two years of ball at Missouri, where he overlapped with current Lions cornerback Ennis Rakestraw. The two would often go head-to-head in practice, and Lovett says Rakestraw’s work ethic after practice helped him become a better player.
“We had great battles, one-on-ones. There were days he got the best of me and there were days that I...
