Jalen Mills
Detroit Lions·#27·6'0"·191 lb·10th year·LSUJalen Mills is an FS for the Detroit Lions (updated October 30, 2026).
Model Score by season
Up 3.4 from last season.
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
Comps
The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.
Plays like: Jimmie Ward, Matt Elam, Robert Blanton. Built like: John Johnson, Marlon McCree, Charlie Peprah.
Jalen Mills Injury StatusNot listed
Jalen Mills is not on the injury report as of Oct 30. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
Draft & College
Round 7, pick 233 to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2016, out of LSU (SEC). He went about where consensus had him.
Coming out: 4.61s 40 yd, 16 reps bench, 37" vertical, 123" broad, 6.86s 3-cone, 4s shuttle.
What this pick usually becomes. Of the 549 players taken as a late Day 3 pick between 2012 and 2021, 15% earned a second contract and 9% became starters. The median one started 0 career games.