Pride of Detroit
Our rankings of every Detroit Lions players on the 2025 roster kicks off with players we placed in the bottom 10.
As we inch toward Detroit Lions training camp, it’s time to take inventory of the roster.
For the past six seasons, we’ve undertaken the exercise of ranking every single player on the team’s roster. This exercise not only provides us with a nice debate on how good each player is, but it also helps put the entire roster into perspective. For example, go back and look at our 2021 list. Players like Jamie Collins and Jack Fox cracked the top-10. Tyrell Williams—who would play one singular game for the Lions—was 17. On this year’s list, it was difficult to fit all of the proven talent into the top-20.
You can find our archive of lists here: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019.
In order to create this list, we polled the entire Pride of Detroit staff. The following people submitted at least partial lists from 1-90: Jeremy Reisman, Erik Schlitt, John Whiticar, Ryan Mathews, Morgan Cannon, Max Gerber, Meko Scott, Brandon Knapp, Al Karsten, Hamza Baccouche, and Chris Perfett. Rankings were averaged to create consensus rankings.
As in previous years, we will release our list 10 players at a time, starting at the bottom. Here are the players we ranked from 90-81.
Last year’s ranking: N/A
The bottom of this list is littered with undrafted rookies, as it is nearly every year. Deal is unique in that he wasn’t part of the Lions’ original UDFA class, but earned his spot on the 90-man roster via tryout during rookie minicamp. Deal is a high-character player (two-time captain) and had a ton of college playing experience, and fits more of the mold of a blocking tight end.
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One of two running backs most likely fighting for a shot on the practice squad, Tyus is a bruising back (6-foot-1, 226 pounds) who had an explosive season at Ohio last year—rushing for 1,215 yards and nine touchdowns in 13 contests.
Last year’s ranking: N/A
Robichaux is the other half of the UDFA running back tandem. Though he is ranked above Tyus, four of our 10 writers had Robichaux lower on their list. Tyus did get a little more on his contract, but Robichaux had two strong seasons as Boston College’s lead back.
Last year’s ranking: N/A
Another UDFA, Miller hails from North Dakota State—overlapping with Lions current tight ends coach Tyler Roehl. Miller started a dozen games at left guard and nearly triple that at right tackle. That versatility gives him an outside chance at the roster with Detroit going through some major changes on the offensive line.
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