Detroit Lions 53 man roster before trades and waivers

Player	College	Pos	#
Barnes, Kevin	Maryland	CB	32
Bentley, Dwight	Lou-Lafayette	CB	28
Green, Jonte	New Mexico St	CB	36
Houston, Chris	Arkansas	CB	23
Lacey, Jacob	Oklahoma State	CB	21
Avril, Cliff	Purdue	DE	92
Jackson, Lawrence	USC	DE	94
Lewis, Ronnell	Oklahoma	DE	97
Vanden Bosch, Kyle	Nebraska	DE	93
Young, Willie	NC State	DE	79
Fairley, Nick	Auburn	DT	98
Hill, Sammie	Stillman	DT	91
Suh, Ndamukong	Nebraska	DT	90
Williams, Corey	Arkansas State	DT	99
Hanson, Jason	WSU	K	4
Durant, Justin	Hampton	LB	52
Hogue, Doug	Syracuse	LB	57
Levy, DeAndre	Wisconsin	LB	54
Lewis, Travis	Oklahoma	LB	50
Palmer, Ashlee	Ole Miss	LB	58
Tulloch, Stephen	NC State	LB	55
Whitehead, Tahir	Temple	LB	59
Muhlbach, Don	Texas A & M	LS	48
Gandy, Dylan	Texas Tech	OC	65
Raiola, Dominic	Nebraska	OC	51
Peterman, Stephen	LSU	OG	66
Sims, Rob	Ohio State	OG	67
Backus, Jeff	Michigan	OT	76
Cherlius, Gosder	Boston College	OT	77
Fox, Jason	Miami	OT	70
Hilliard, Corey	Oklahoma State	OT	78
Reiff, Reilly	Iowa	OT	71
Graham, Ben	Deakin	P	2
Hill, Shaun	Maryland	QB	14
Moore, Kellen	Boise State	QB	17
Stafford, Matthew	Georgia	QB	9
Bell, Joique	Wayne State	RB	35
Logan, Stefan	South Dakota	RB	11
Smith, Kevin	Central Florida	RB	30
Williams, Keiland	LSU	RB	34
Coleman, Erik	WSU	S	24
Delmas, Louis	WMU	S	26
Silva, Ricardo	Hampton	S	39
Spievey, Amari	Iowa	S	42
Wendling, John	Wyoming	S	29
Heller, Will	Georgia Tech	TE	89
Pettigrew, Brandon	Oklahoma State	Te	87
Scheffler, Tony	WMU	TE	85
Broyles, Ryan	Oklahoma	Wr	84
Burleson, Nate	Nevada	WR	13
Johnson, Calvin	Georgia Tech	WR	81
Osgood, Kassim	SDSU	WR	10
Young, Titus	Boise State	Wr	16
Injured Reserve
Harrison, Jerome	WSU	RB	36
Nagy, Bill	Wisconsin	OG
PUP
Greenwood, Chris	Albion	CB	33
Best, Jahvid	Cal	RB	44
Suspended
LeShoure, Mikel	Illinois	RB	25

Lions waive WR Patrick Edwards

Lions waive UDFA Rookie WR Patrick Edwards from Houston. Edwards flashed at times in camp but did not play well in the games. He did have a nice return against the Bills.

Edwards caught 4 passes in the preseason.
He is probably on the practice squad.

Detroit Lions Release OG Dan Gerberry

Lions release 4th year man Dan Gerberry. He stuck on the Lions practice squad for three years. He signed as a UDFA out of Ball State in 2009. He was on the 53 man roster for two weeks in 2009. He did not suit up.

Here is a tribute:

Good Luck Dan

Detroit Lions release DT Andre Fluellen

Lions release 5th year man and former 3rd round pick of Matt Millen, Andre Fluellen.
Flu was a member of the imfamous 0-16 squad of 2008.

Here is a tribute:

Flu played 51 games 47 tackles 2.5 sacks

His preseason stats: 26 tackles 5 sacks

2008

Good Luck Andre

Detroit Lions DE Everette Brown, WR Maurice Stovall and 4 others

Lions release:

DE Everette Brown
Free agent 4 tackles 1.5 sacks preseason
I thought he would make the team
Should play in the NFL this season



WR Maurice Stovall
15 Lion games 1 catch
No brainer



S Reshard Langford
Fa 2012 3 tackles 1 FR
Good special teams guy, no upside at Safety

WR Lance Long
FA 2012 8 rec 97 yards
Did not make enough plays

CB Justin Miller
2012 FA 15 tackles 1 Int
Cannot cover anyone

OG # 74 Rodney Austin
UDFA Rookie I think will make the PS

Good luck Men

Detroit Lions Release CB Alphonso Smith

Smith a 4th year player from Wake Forest, was acquired by trade for TE Dan Gronkowski in 2010.
He struggled with injury, his attitude and covering receivers. He gambled and made some plays inlcuding a pick 6 against the VIkings in 2011 and a pick of Aaon Rodgers in 2010. Too often, he was giving up touchdowns.

Here is a tribute:

A pick 6 vs. Christian Ponder in 2011.

A pick vs. Green Bay in 2010.

Pick 6 vs. the Rams in 2010.

Overall, he played 23 games with the Lions starting 11. He made 67 tackles, 12 PBU and 8 picks with 2 tds.

Good Luck in the future.

Detroit Lions release 11 players

The lions have released the following players:

DT Tracy Robertson
UDFA Rookie 9T .5 sacks preseason
Comment: Showed he could play. practice squad



TE Austin Wells
UDFA Rookie 3 rec 53 yards preseason
Improved player, could see him on the PS.



WR Wallace Miles
UDFA Rookie 1 rec 4 yards
Not enoguh speed for the NFL

TE Alex Gottlieb
UDFA Rookie 4 rec 26 yards 1 td preseason
Good preseaosn could keep him on the PS

OT Pat Boyle
UDFA Rookie
Good kid, needs some strength




DT Edmon McClam
UDFA Rookie 7 tackles preseason
Showed he could play, maybe UFL



CB Ross Weaver
Practice Squad 2011 6 t 1 PBU Preseason
Needs work on coverage, probably UFL



P Ryan Donahue
8 games 42.7 ave 2 tackles
Too Inconsistent























DE Ugo Chinasa
2011 Practice Squad
Good athlete, does not make tackles























LB Carmen Messina
UDFA Rookie 14 t 1 int preseason
Practice squad for sure.

















WR Nate Hughes
2011 Practice Squad 11 rec 113 1td 8/192 KOR Preseason
Big Surprise. I thought he had the team made. Can play special teams.


























Good Luck Men

Scenes from the Roar Zone Bills

Final Preseason game of 2012. My man MSW could not attend so I took my son.

Here are the scenes:

Roar Zone

 The Willie Young shirt

Celebrating a Jonte Green TD

Celebrating a Shaun Hill TD

Son enjoying the sites

Who is # 1?

We support the charity Lion program

Hey, that is not the Roar Zone

Looking forward to 9/9/2012

Detroit Lions trade for CB Kevin Barnes

Detroit Lions acquire CB Kevin Barnes from the Washington Redskins. He is a 4th year man from Maryland.

Here is a tribute:

Barnes has played 29 games making 45 tackles 9 PBU and 3 picks

A third round pick from Maryland in 2009
He played 43 games starting 21
100 tackles 15 PBU 6 picks

At the 2009 NFL combine he was 6' 187 ran 4.45 40 41" VJ 10'8" broad 3.96 20 6.72 Ldrill

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