INDIANAPOLIS — The first formal interview LSU linebacker Devin White had at the NFL combine this week was Friday night with the Detroit Lions.

And White, a potential top-10 pick, said he knocked his sitdown with Lions coach Matt Patricia, general manager Bob Quinn and other decision makers out of the park.

"I knocked every interview out of the park," the ultra-confident tackling machine said.

White said he walked into the Lions' suite at the Crowne Plaza hotel and was immediately thrown a marker and told to start drawing up defenses on a dry-erase board.

"They put me on the board as soon as I got in there, trying to see where my head was at," White said Saturday. "And they knew who (LSU defensive coordinator Dave) Aranda was and they knew his philosophy so they told me, 'I know y’all like to run an under-front defense, so draw an under front and tell me what everybody’s doing.'

"So I got up there and I did it, cause I’m the mike linebacker, that’s the easiest thing to do, to draw the defense cause I know what everybody’s doing."

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Every NFL team is given 60 formal prospect interviews and the combine, and the Lions have used several of theirs in recent days with players who could be in consideration with the No. 8 pick in the draft.

Ohio State defensive Nick Bosa, the likely No. 1 pick in the draft, said he met with every team that picks in the top eight. Kentucky linebacker Josh Allen, another potential top-three pick, said he had a formal interview with the Lions. And defensive end Montez Sweat also had a sitdown with the team.

White, who's regarded as the top stack linebacker in the draft, called his meeting with the Lions "great" and said he'd welcome the opportunity to play in Detroit.

“I really got to impress them on the board, showing them that Coach Aranda prepared me beyond well for this moment right here," he said.

The Lions spent a first-round pick on linebacker Jarrad Davis in 2017, and after a rough rookie season, Davis played well down the stretch last year. He led the Lions with 100 tackles and finished third on the team with six sacks as the Lions lined him up all over the field.

White said he and Davis would complement each other in every area but the uniform number they wear. Davis wears No. 40 for the Lions, and White wore the same number at LSU and had a gold No. 40 charm dangling from his neck during his combine news conference.

"I watched him a lot in college," White said. "He played through injury, he did everything for the Florida Gators. Man, I was a big fan. He got a YouTube video that I used to watch before a couple of my games and just watched the passion that he played with. So just letting us roam that middle at the same (time), that’s another great linebacker with an up-and-coming great linebacker so I feel like we’ll play exceptionally well, too. But, hey, if they want to get me I’m willing to go and I’m willing to put the work in. But he’s going to have to give me that number."

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