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Detroit Lions announce final roster cuts ahead of 2024 regular season

FILE - Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes speaks during a news conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, March 1, 2023. The Lions have the No. 29 pick overall in the NFL and if they do not make a move to pick sooner, it will mark the latest the franchise has made a first-round pick. Holmes has led one of the more impressive turnarounds in the league. He took over a laughingstock of a franchise three years ago and turned it into one of the NFLs best last season. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File) (Michael Conroy, Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The Detroit Lions finalized their active roster on Tuesday, with dozens of player cuts.

The Detroit Lions announced today the following roster moves:

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PLACED ON RESERVE/NFI:

  • OL Christian Mahogany

PLACED ON RESERVE/INJURED (DESIGNATED FOR RETURN):

  • DL Brodric Martin
  • CB Emmanuel Moseley

WAIVED/INJURED:

  • DL David Bada

RELEASED:

  • CB Essang Bassey
  • WR Daurice Fountain
  • CB Javelin Guidry
  • LB Joel Iyiegbuniwe
  • T Jamarco Jones
  • WR Tom Kennedy
  • TE Sean McKeon
  • S C.J. Moore
  • DL Pat O’Connor
  • DL Kyle Peko
  • WR Donovan Peoples-Jones
  • QB Nate Sudfeld
  • LB Ty Summers

WAIVED

  • LB Mitchell Agude
  • WR Maurice Alexander
  • LB Abraham Beauplan
  • DL Mathieu Betts
  • G Jake Burton
  • WR Jalon Calhoun
  • OL Duke Clemens
  • LS Scott Daly
  • WR Kaden Davis
  • C Kingsley Eguakun
  • QB Jake Fromm
  • RB Jake Funk
  • S Chelen Garnes
  • CB Steven Gilmore
  • C Bryan Hudson
  • RB Jermar Jefferson
  • RB Zonovan Knight
  • TE James Mitchell
  • DL Chris Smith
  • DL Isaac Ukwu
  • CB Rachad Wildgoose
  • TE Shane Zylstra

The Lions open the season on Sunday Night Football on Sept. 8 vs. the Rams.


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