Second-round pick Drew Stanton is on his way to sign a multi-year contract with the Lions this very minute. I don't have terms of the deal yet, but expect it to be somewhere around the four-year pact former BYU signal caller John Beck signed with the Dolphins earlier this week.

Stanton, a Michigan State and Farmington Hills Harrison product, progressed nicely during the Lions offseason workout program and should challenge Dan Orlovsky for second-string duties behind Jon Kitna at some point this year.

"The transformation is probably the biggest two months of growing in football that I've ever done," Stanton said last month. "It's just a matter of staying committed and getting out there and doing the things I need to work on to be successful."

I'll have more coverage of the Lions' draft-pick signings in tomorrow's paper and a preview of mini camp.