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The first overall selection by the Lions in 2009 will be their fourth:

1) 1943 - Frank Sinkwich, RB, University of Georgia

2) 1950 - Leon Hart, E, Notre Dame

3) 1980 - Billy Sims, RB, University of Oklahoma

4) 2009 - ?

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