Three of the Detroit Lions' seven picks during the 2025 NFL Draft played for Kirby Smart's Georgia Bulldogs last season.

Sometime last year, Tate Ratledge got a tattoo of a lion on his right forearm, artwork that he said "came full circle" when the Detroit Lions traded up three spots to take him in the second round of the 2025 NFL Draft.

Sports wound up being Ratledge’s outlet, and his dad, Dean (an All-Ohio Valley Linebacker in college for Tennessee Tech), told him that everyone would want to be his size. Turns out, that was prophetic, as now Ratledge and his imposing size will be playing on Sundays.