Tate Ratledge was drafted by the Detroit Lions with the 57th pick of the 2025 NFL draft and he had an emotional reaction after being drafted

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.

The Lions’ newest guard is athletic as all get-out. Ratledge scored an unofficial 9.98 Relative Athletic Score (RAS) out of a possible 10.00, ranking fourth out of 1,592 offensive guards from 1987 to 2025.