The Lions selected former Colorado linebacker Jordon Dizon in the second round of the 2008 draft.

Six days before his name was called, Dizon was arrested.

According to the Boulder Daily Camera, via the Detroit Free Press, Dizon was busted on April 20 for suspicion of drunk driving, driving the wrong way down a one-way street, and failure to provide proof of insurance.

“I was very polite to the officer,” Dizon told the Camera.  “I did everything he asked me to and I acted like a man.  It’s a bad situation and I’m sorry that it happened.”

It’s unclear whether the Lions knew that Dizon had been arrested.  Given their history, we’ll assume that they did not.

But assumptions are often wrong.  The Free Press, for example, assumes that Dizon won’t be subject to any punishment from the NFL because the arrest occurred before he was drafted.  That’s not accurate, as Bengals defensive end Frostee Rucker learned a year ago, when he was disciplined after pleading guilty to a charge that predated the 2006 draft.