Detroit Lions Sign 11 Players to Reserve/Futures Contracts

The Detroit Lions announced on Tuesday that 11 players had signed reserve/futures contracts. Running back Jermar Jefferson and wide receivers Maurice Alexander and Tom Kennedy were among the players signed.

Every player that inked contracts on Tuesday has previously participated in the team’s practice squad this season. On the first day of the new league year, a reserve/futures deal becomes effective, allowing teams to increase their rosters to ninety players before training camp.

The Lions are coming off a 2023 season in which they made the NFC Championship game before ultimately losing to the San Francisco 49ers.

Ahead of the new campaign, Dan Campbell admitted that the team is always searching to improve the level of competition moving forward, as they look to continue competing for a Lombardi Trophy. “I think it’s everything. I think it’s players and coaches. I think it’s – you’ve got to continue to get better, create more competition on the roster and then in the coaches too,” said Campbell. “It’s got to be – you’ve got to make sure that you have the right staff and that they all work well together.

“And that’s it’s a high-level staff with high-level players. That’s important and you learn a lot about players when you’re 0-10, which I talked about, you also learn a lot when you’re in an NFC Championship game and everything’s – the stakes are a lot higher, and you get in those types of games, and we all learn.”

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