2017 Detroit Lions Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jim Caldwell (9-7)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
2017 Detroit Lions StatisticsTeam Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jim Caldwell (9-7)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
2017 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 2017 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference.
Detroit moved the ball well, scoring 410 points, while the defensive squad yielded 376. Matthew Stafford led the charge, throwing for 4,446 yards. Golden Tate topped all receivers, hauling in 92 balls, while Marvin Jones added 1,101 receiving yards.
Ameer Abdullah rushed for a team-leading 552 yards for the Lions.
The ball-hawking defense led the way with 32 turnovers. Darius Slay picked off 8 opponent throws. Ezekiel Ansah paced pass rushers with 12 quarterback sacks.
Jim Caldwell coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Jared Abbrederis | WR | December 17, 1990 | 6'1" | 195 | Wisconsin | West Allis, WI | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | Ameer Abdullah | RB | June 13, 1993 | 5'8" | 198 | Nebraska | Mobile, AL | 14 | 11 |
| 39 | Jamal Agnew | LCB | April 3, 1995 | 5'10" | 185 | San Diego | San Diego, CA | 13 | 0 |
| 94 | Ezekiel Ansah | DE | May 29, 1989 | 6'5" | 271 | BYU | Accra, Ghana | 14 | 14 |
| 55 | Don Barclay | RG | April 18, 1989 | 6'4" | 305 | West Virginia | Newport News, VA | 3 | 1 |
| 79 | Alex Barrett | RDE | March 6, 1994 | 6'2" | 255 | San Diego St. | Yuma, AZ | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | Nick Bellore | MLB | May 12, 1989 | 6'1" | 250 | Central Michigan | St. Paul, MN | 13 | 2 |
| 16 | Jace Billingsley | WR | May 17, 1993 | 5'9" | 189 | Eastern Oregon | Winnemucca, NV | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Don Carey | FS | February 14, 1987 | 5'11" | 186 | Norfolk State | Grand Rapids, MI USA | 13 | 0 |
| 77 | Emmett Cleary | RG | April 27, 1990 | 6'7" | 313 | Boston Col. | Tokyo, Japan | 7 | 1 |
| 66 | Joe Dahl | LG | April 9, 1993 | 6'4" | 299 | Washington St. | Spokane, WA | 6 | 3 |
| 40 | Jarrad Davis | MLB | November 16, 1994 | 6'1" | 238 | Florida | Kingsland, GA | 14 | 14 |
| 68 | Taylor Decker | LT | August 23, 1993 | 6'7" | 310 | Ohio St. | Vandalia, OH | 8 | 8 |
| 28 | Quandre Diggs | CB/SS,CB | January 22, 1993 | 5'9" | 196 | Texas | Houston, TX | 16 | 11 |
| 85 | Eric Ebron | TE | April 10, 1993 | 6'4" | 250 | North Carolina | Newark, NJ | 16 | 9 |
| 96 | Kasim Edebali | LDE | August 17, 1989 | 6'2" | 253 | Boston Col. | Hamburg, Germany | 4 | 0 |
| 87 | Darren Fells | TE | April 22, 1986 | 6'7" | 281 | UC Irvine | Fullerton, CA | 16 | 13 |
| 93 | Dwight Freeney | RDE | February 19, 1980 | 6'1" | 268 | Syracuse | Hartford, CT USA | 5 | 0 |
| 60 | Graham Glasgow | LG | August 19, 1992 | 6'6" | 306 | Michigan | Aurora, IL | 16 | 16 |
| 19 | Kenny Golladay | K/WR,WR | November 3, 1993 | 6'4" | 218 | Northern Illinois | Chicago, IL | 11 | 5 |
| 38 | Tion Green | RB | December 14, 1993 | 6'0" | 220 | Cincinnati | Sanford, FL | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | D.J. Hayden | CB | June 27, 1990 | 5'11" | 191 | Houston | Houston, TX | 16 | 1 |
| 96 | George Johnson | RDE | December 11, 1987 | 6'4" | 265 | Rutgers | Glassboro, NJ | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | Andy Jones | WR | June 28, 1994 | 6'1" | 214 | Jacksonville | Clermont, FL | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Marvin Jones | WR | March 12, 1990 | 6'1" | 199 | California | Los Angeles, CA | 16 | 16 |
| 13 | T.J. Jones | WR | July 19, 1992 | 6'0" | 188 | Notre Dame | Winnipeg, MB | 14 | 6 |
| 67 | Zac Kerin | LG | August 13, 1991 | 6'5" | 310 | Toledo | Delaware, OH | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Miles Killebrew | SS | May 10, 1993 | 6'2" | 222 | Southern Utah | Henderson, NV | 16 | 3 |
| 76 | T.J. Lang | RG | September 20, 1987 | 6'4" | 305 | East. Michigan | Royal Oak, MI USA | 13 | 13 |
| 46 | Des Lawrence | CB | November 30, 1994 | 6'0" | 187 | North Carolina | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Nevin Lawson | CB | April 23, 1991 | 5'10" | 190 | Utah St. | Kingston, Jamaica | 15 | 15 |
| 98 | Jeremiah Ledbetter | RDT | June 2, 1994 | 6'3" | 280 | Arkansas | Orlando, FL | 16 | 0 |
| 63 | Tim Lelito | LOG | July 21, 1989 | 6'4" | 315 | Grand Valley State | Shelby Charter Township, MI | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Jeff Locke | P | September 27, 1989 | 6'0" | 209 | UCLA | Frankfurt, West Germany | 5 | 0 |
| 54 | Steve Longa | RLB | September 29, 1994 | 6'0" | 241 | Rutgers | , Cameroon | 15 | 0 |
| 12 | Bradley Marquez | WR | December 14, 1992 | 5'11" | 201 | Texas Tech | Odessa, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Sam Martin | P | February 27, 1990 | 6'1" | 210 | Appalachian St. | Peachtree City, GA | 10 | 0 |
| 72 | Brian Mihalik | LT | August 21, 1992 | 6'9" | 288 | Boston Col. | Elyria, OH | 12 | 2 |
| 48 | Don Muhlbach | LONG | August 17, 1981 | 6'5" | 262 | Texas A&M | Newark, OH USA | 15 | 0 |
| 92 | Haloti Ngata | DT | January 21, 1984 | 6'4" | 335 | Oregon | Inglewood, CA USA | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Matt Prater | K | August 10, 1984 | 5'10" | 180 | Central Florida | Mayfield Heights, OH USA | 16 | 0 |
| 27 | Glover Quin | FS | January 15, 1986 | 5'10" | 201 | New Mexico | McComb, MS USA | 16 | 16 |
| 2 | Kasey Redfern | P | September 26, 1991 | 6'2" | 215 | Wofford | Jamestown, NC | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Jalen Reeves-Maybin | LLB | January 31, 1995 | 6'0" | 230 | Tennessee | Clarksville, TN | 14 | 0 |
| 55 | Caraun Reid | LDT | November 23, 1991 | 6'2" | 302 | Princeton | New York, NY | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Theo Riddick | RB | May 4, 1991 | 5'10" | 201 | Notre Dame | Manville, NJ | 16 | 5 |
| 55 | Christian Ringo | LDT | March 10, 1992 | 6'1" | 277 | La-Lafayette | Jackson, MS | 6 | 0 |
| 80 | Michael Roberts | TE | May 7, 1994 | 6'4" | 270 | Toledo | Cleveland, OH | 15 | 3 |
| 91 | A'Shawn Robinson | DT | March 21, 1995 | 6'4" | 307 | Alabama | Fort Worth, TX | 16 | 16 |
| 70 | Corey Robinson | RT | May 21, 1992 | 6'7" | 344 | South Carolina | Havelock, NC | 8 | 5 |
| 73 | Greg Robinson | LT | October 21, 1992 | 6'5" | 332 | Auburn | Thibodaux, LA | 6 | 6 |
| 14 | Jake Rudock | QB | January 21, 1993 | 6'3" | 199 | Michigan | Weston , FL | 3 | 0 |
| 74 | Dan Skipper | OT | September 20, 1994 | 6'10" | 309 | Arkansas | Arvada, CO | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Darius Slay | CB | January 1, 1991 | 6'0" | 192 | Mississippi St. | Brunswick, GA | 16 | 16 |
| 95 | Jacquies Smith | LDE | March 18, 1990 | 6'2" | 260 | Missouri | 2 | 0 | |
| 97 | Akeem Spence | DT | November 29, 1991 | 6'1" | 307 | Illinois | Navarre, FL | 16 | 11 |
| 9 | Matthew Stafford | QB | February 7, 1988 | 6'2" | 230 | Georgia | Tampa, FL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 64 | Travis Swanson | C | January 30, 1991 | 6'5" | 312 | Arkansas | Concord, CA | 11 | 11 |
| 30 | Teez Tabor | CB | December 31, 1995 | 6'0" | 199 | Florida | Washington, DC | 10 | 1 |
| 15 | Golden Tate | WR | August 2, 1988 | 5'11" | 195 | Notre Dame | Hendersonville, TN USA | 16 | 12 |
| 99 | Khyri Thornton | LDT | November 21, 1989 | 6'3" | 304 | Southern Miss | Panama City, FL | 4 | 0 |
| 84 | Hakeem Valles | TE | November 23, 1992 | 6'5" | 260 | Monmouth (New Jersey) | Burlington, NJ | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | Jeremiah Valoaga | RDE-LDE | November 15, 1994 | 6'6" | 275 | UNLV | Oxnard, CA | 9 | 0 |
| 71 | Ricky Wagner | RT | October 21, 1989 | 6'6" | 308 | Wisconsin | West Allis, WI | 14 | 13 |
| 45 | Charles Washington | FS | March 10, 1993 | 5'10" | 192 | Fresno State | , CO | 16 | 0 |
| 90 | Cornelius Washington | DE,DB/DE | September 10, 1989 | 6'4" | 265 | Georgia | Hephzibah, GA | 15 | 2 |
| 36 | Dwayne Washington | RB | April 24, 1994 | 6'1" | 221 | Washington | Lakewood, CA | 5 | 0 |
| 59 | Tahir Whitehead | LB | April 2, 1990 | 6'1" | 233 | Temple | Jersey City, NJ | 16 | 16 |
| 32 | Tavon Wilson | S/SS,SS | March 19, 1990 | 6'0" | 205 | Illinois | Washington, DC | 10 | 9 |
| 58 | Paul Worrilow | LB | May 1, 1990 | 6'1" | 232 | Delaware | Wilmington, DE | 13 | 8 |
| 34 | Zach Zenner | RB | September 13, 1991 | 6'0" | 220 | South Dakota St. | Hennepin County, MN | 8 | 0 |
| 69 | Anthony Zettel | DE | August 9, 1992 | 6'4" | 273 | Penn St. | Tawas City, MI | 16 | 16 |
