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Round 1, Pick 24: Alabama CB Terrion Arnold Holmes filled the team's biggest need while sticking to his best-player-available approach by moving up five spots to grab cornerback Terrion Arnold. The Alabama cornerback was in the mix with Quinyon Mitchell for CB1 entering the event, then both slid into the 20s.

Whitmer announced that the 2024 NFL draft had broken the draft attendance record with 700,000 fans and counting. In 2019, Nashville set the previous record after drawing 600,000 fans over a three-day span. The final tally was more than 775,000 fans attending the three-day draft.

The NFL draft in Detroit set a record for attendance, with more than 775,000 people inside the draft's downtown Detroit footprint from Thursday through Saturday, officials said.