Lions draft Georgia OL Tate Ratledge in with the NFL draft’s No. 57 pick
The Detroit Lions have selected Georgia Bulldogs offensive lineman Tate Ratledge in the second round of the 2025 NFL draft with the No. 57 pick. Ratledge has an impressive combination of size, athleticism and experience. He offers a lot to the Lions’ offensive line, which was among the NFL’s best in 2024.
The 6-foot-6, 320-pound offensive guard played at Georgia from 2020 to 2024 after being ranked as a four-star recruit in high school. Ratledge started 36 games, primarily at right guard, over the past three seasons at Georgia. He helped the Bulldogs win the national championship in 2022.
Ratledge earned first-team All-SEC and third-team AP All-American honors during his senior season at Georgia. In 2024, he did suffer an ankle injury against Kentucky in Week 3, which forced him to miss over a month. Ratledge underwent tightrope surgery before returning against Florida.
Ratledge also missed almost all of the 2021 college football season due to a lisfranc injury he suffered after starting in Georgia’s season opener. The Bulldogs went on to win the 2021 national title.
Despite Ratledge’s injury concerns, he is one of the most athletic players in the draft. In fact, Combine IQ ranks Ratledge as the second-most athletic player in the draft (behind Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe). Ratledge put on a show at the 2025 NFL combine.
Ratledge’s NFL combine results
40-yard dash: 4.97 seconds (fourth-best among offensive linemen)
10-yard split: 1.72 seconds (second-best among OL)
Vertical jump: 32 inches (tied for seventh among OL)
Broad jump: 9-foot-5 (second-best among OL)
Three-cone drill: 7.3
8 seconds (best among OL)
