On the final day of the 2025 NFL Draft, LSU guard Miles Frazier sat by the phone waiting for it to ring, wondering where his professional career would begin. And as he ran through the possible landing spots in his head, one team felt like the least likely destination of all: the Detroit Lions.
Detroit hadn’t brought him in for a top-30 visit. They hadn’t checked in much throughout the process. There was no significant buzz, no real indication that they were interested. Still, his former LSU teammate — defensive lineman Mekhi Wingo, whom Detroit drafted in the sixth round a year earlier — kept telling him, “You might get drafted here.”
Frazier would laugh it off. “No way,” he’d tell Wingo. But on Apr. 26, the Lions flipped their sixth-round pick (No. 182) and a seventh-rounder (No. 228) to New England, moving up to No. 171 to select the LSU offensive guard.
The 6-foot-6, 325-pound lineman wouldn’t be the only newcomer with a connection inside the building. Two rounds after Detroit traded up for him, the Lions selected wideout Dominic Lovett — a player Wingo had known since they were eight years old — with the 244th overall pick.
Over the course of one afternoon, the Lions didn’t just bring two of Wingo’s closest friends into the same locker room. They also did something extremely rare — something they probably didn’t recognize in the moment.
Along with adding young talent that embodies the “grit” culture permeating that locker room, the Lions added two players who, like Wingo, live by the same four principles: Manhood, Scholarship, Perseverance, and Uplift. They brought together young men who believe that “Friendship Is Essential to the Soul.”
Within two seasons, the Lions drafted three members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Founded on Nov. 17, 1911, the fraternity has spent more than a century shaping men through brotherhood, service, and community — ideals now reflected throughout the Lions’ locker room.
**The Centerpiece**
Mekhi Wingo was the first of the “Que Dog” trio to arrive in Detroit, as the Lions selected him with the 189th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. But long before he donned the Honolulu blue and silver, he had already formed the relationships that would shape a unique Lions rookie class.
“What’s crazy is that Dominic and I have played football together since we were eight,” Wingo told MLive. “We went to Missouri together. We even planned to pledge Omega at the University of Missouri. But I transferred to LSU, and he went to Georgia. Now we’re all on the same team.”
When Wingo arrived at LSU in 2022, he met Frazier, who transferred in after a few seasons at Florida International. The two met during study hall and clicked instantly. From there, Wingo ended up carrying out the vision he once had with Lovett — becoming an “Omega Man” with his newfound friend. He and Frazier, along with 11 other initiates, crossed in spring 2023 as Apollo 13, the line for the Theta Kappa chapter (LSU) of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Wingo — whose line name, a traditional identifier within the line, is “Shogun” — and Frazier, known as “Black Hole,” were now bonded not only through football, but also through fraternity.
A year later, Wingo landed in Detroit and began carving his path in the NFL. Frazier remained at LSU, often joking that his line brother — a term used for members of the same initiation class — hadn’t brought him to Detroit yet.
As it turned out, that frustration had a reason behind it.
“It was crazy. A few weeks before the (2025) draft, he told me I hadn’t invited him to Detroit yet. I told him he might get drafted here,” Wingo said. “He said, ‘No way.’ When the fifth round came and he was still available, I said, ‘We’re taking him.’ And then we did. That’s my dog.”
Across professional sports, it’s rare — though not unheard of — for players from the same Black Greek-letter organization to become teammates.
The Lions have seen it before with former defensive backs Jalen Elliott and C.J. Moore. But line brothers teaming up in the NFL is almost unheard of.
“We were like, ‘This has to be the first time in history — two LBs are teammates, then teammates again at the pro level,’” Wingo said. “It was exciting. Our girlfriends hang out. We transferred to LSU together and were together every day.”
**The Childhood Thread**
While Wingo is the centerpiece of the Lions’ Omega trio, Dominic Lovett is the one whose relationship with him predates both fraternity life and the NFL. The two grew up together in St. Louis, long before either imagined they would someday share a locker room in Detroit.
“It’s dope. Wingo and I have been friends since we were real little,” Lovett said. “We go back to city rec days, playing football, basketball. We were always locked in. My connection with Miles, through Wingo, grew stronger. Then finding out we were fraternity brothers just made it come full circle.”
Lovett and Frazier had no personal relationship before joining the Lions, but you wouldn’t be able to tell watching them after practice. Whether it’s Frazier stressing to Lovett that he needs to put his clothes on so they and Wingo can take their fraternity picture — the very one accompanying this story — or the two playfully firing at each other over their schools’ losses (Lovett arguably got the better of that exchange), it’s clear that sharing a locker room and a fraternity bond brought them together quickly.
Lovett became a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. through the Beta Zeta chapter (University of Georgia) as part of its spring 2024 class. And he’ll celebrate his second Founders’ Day — his first in the league — when the Lions travel to Lincoln Financial Field to face the Eagles.
Similar to how Wingo and Frazier share the connection of being line brothers at LSU, Lovett has a tie of his own on the opposing sideline — one who won’t hesitate to hit him if the moment calls for it.
“Founders’ Day in the league, and we’re playing Philly. Shoutout to Nakobe Dean — that’s my prophyte,” Lovett said, using the term for an older fraternity brother who crossed before you. “Brotherhood. I’ll be kicking it with da bruhz.”
**The Full-Circle Moment**
“I told you.”
Those were the first three words Miles Frazier heard shortly after the Lions traded up to select him in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft. And they didn’t come from family or his agent — they came from his line brother, and now teammate once again, Mekhi Wingo.
“I only did an unofficial. I kept saying they weren’t interested enough,” Frazier said. “But Wingo kept saying, ‘You might go to Detroit.’ I didn’t believe him. Then I got the call, and he said, ‘Told you.’ My whole line was shocked. What are the odds — 32 teams and I end up with my LB?”
Like Wingo, Frazier understood how rare the moment was — two line brothers from the same crossing class ending up in the same NFL locker room. Their bond formed the moment they both transferred to LSU, and it only strengthened when they crossed Omega Psi Phi together in spring 2023.
Shortly after arriving in Detroit, Frazier suffered a knee injury during the Lions’ spring program, keeping him off the field and mainly out of the locker room until early November, when the team opened his 21-day practice window. Sitting at his locker on his first day back, he reflected on the rarity of his situation — sharing a locker room again with Wingo — while trading friendly jabs with another member of the Divine Nine.
“Divine Nine” refers to the nine historically Black Greek-letter organizations, and the Lions’ player engagement coordinator, Brandon Harlin, is one of them as a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
“This is very rare. I never heard of it,” Frazier said. “Player engagement — Brandon — he’s an Alpha. I joke with him like, ‘Where are your LBs at?’ My line has people in politics, entertainment, and now both of us in the league. Our ’23 line is on the come up.”
**Living the Standard**
Accountability, discipline, mental fortitude, and being there for your brother are traits Wingo, Frazier, and Lovett learned during their initiation process into becoming Omega Men. It’s non-negotiable. It’s expected. And those same traits mirror what Lions coach Dan Campbell requires from every player in his locker room.
As the three young players work to carve out their place on the roster, those qualities aren’t ones the staff needs to drill into them — they already possess them.
But beyond the surface, deeper fraternity principles continue to guide them.
“Perseverance for me,” Frazier said. “Getting hurt for the first time ever was tough. I’ve played football since age five without missing time. Sitting out was hard, but I had to persevere. I’m glad I learned that early in my career so I can handle adversity later.”
Lovett sees the values show up differently.
“Manhood… you’re a man before anything,” he said. “In football, you’re going to face adversity, so you have to overcome that. And just being yourself — with or without letters — I’m always going to be me. Same for both of them. That’s what brings us closer.”
Wingo keeps it simple.
“Accountability, getting through adversity — the life lessons you learn that carry you through life,” he said. “You carry that into football and everyday life.”
**More Than Letters**
The three “Que Dogs” have been so focused on football that the opportunity to network with their fellow bruhz in metro Detroit has been limited — something all three said they plan to change once the season ends.
And for them, linking up with the city’s Omega community isn’t about strolling, partying, or showing off the letters. It’s about honoring the values set by founders Edgar Amos Love, Oscar James Cooper, Frank Coleman, and faculty adviser Ernest Everett Just on the campus of Howard University 114 years ago.
“People don’t know anything about it,” Frazier said of the misconceptions surrounding Black Greek-letter organizations. “There are life lessons, community work, giving back… people just see the Ques hopping or barking. But it taught me service through role models: coaches at LSU, my high school coach, who provided for us when resources were low. Seeing how they uplifted us made me want to do the same.
“Even outside my org — Alphas, Kappas (Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.)— everybody in the Divine Nine helps each other. It’s all about uplifting people and helping the community.”
Wingo echoed the same message.
“They don’t understand the brotherhood and community service,” he said. “They see the partying, hopping, marching. But we’re really in the community — donating, cleaning, going to women’s shelters, cooking, helping people. That’s the part people miss.”
With three Omega Men in the Lions’ locker room, that part won’t be missed anymore. And perhaps the values they learned on their journey to earn the right to wear the Royal Purple and Old Gold will only strengthen a culture built on grit — one lived out every day inside the walls of Allen Park.
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