After weeks, days and hours of increasing trepidation about whether the Detroit Lions would even address what everyone with two eyes and a brain agreed was their biggest need, we can all exhale: they got a linebacker.

But Lions general manager Bob Quinn didn’t just get a linebacker, he got Florida inside linebacker Jarrad Davis:

Here's the @Lions fans' reaction to the selection of Florida LB Jarrad Davis at the Miller Lite Draft Party! #LionsRadio pic.twitter.com/SF7RwDauZk — WJR 760am (@wjrradio) April 28, 2017

It’s hard to find a box Davis doesn’t check: a middle linebacker, enough size to hit hard at 6-1 and 238 pounds and enough explosion and athleticism to run circles around many outside linebackers.

A partial QIB qualifier, Davis‘ Pro Day numbers gave him an outstanding Relative Athletic Score for his size:

Introducing the RAS/QIB card, the collaboration (designed by @MathBomb) is ready to be unleashed for #Lions fans pic.twitter.com/oum8t5ZqLn — Erik Schlitt (@erikschlitt) April 27, 2017

Pro Football Focus had plenty of raves for Davis, too. After comparing him to the Seattle Seahawks’ Bobby Wagner, their analysis team wrote Davis “has everything needed to be a pro bowl linebacker.”

Go on, I’m listening . . .

“Davis is an excellent athlete who possesses the first-step explosiveness to beat blocks to the point of attack as well as threaten the QB on pass rushes,” PFF also wrote. “He also has the speed and agility to drop effectively in coverage, and can stay with tight ends and backs all over the field. If he can improve his tackling, as well as become more consistent with his run keys, he clearly has the athletic skill set to be an every-down player at the NFL level.”

But everything you hear or read about Davis comes back to his character. His drive, work ethic, nasty on-field demeanor and presence in the defensive huddle would make him a valuable contributor, even if he wasn’t blessed with first-round traits.

Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press got a great quote from Davis’ old high school coach, Jeff Herron.

“If you walked in our weight room,” Herron told Birkett, “he was always the hardest working guy in there. If you went to his classroom, he was always the hardest working guy in there. Just great teammate, he’s going to do everything right, he’s going to do what you asked him to do, he’s going to do it full speed. Just a really, really good young man.”

Ultimately, Davis seems custom-built to fill the hole in the middle of Detroit’s defense. I’m not concerned about him overrunning tackles. DeAndre Levy overran tackles too, and he turned out just fine.

The big question remaining after plugging Davis into the middle of the field is, what will the Lions do with their other linebackers?

Paul Worrilow is a core special teamer who can back up inside linebacker. Tahir Whitehead has the body of a weakside backer but seems to play better in the middle. Antwione Williams was added the roster as a SAM, but ended up filling in at WILL in 2016.

The Lions Wire staff mocked two linebackers in this draft . . . maybe Quinn isn’t done bolstering the position.