The Detroit Lions are clearing some space in the quarterback room one day before the NFL draft.
The team announced on April 23 that they released quarterback Jake Fromm, who had joined the team on a reserve/future contract earlier this offseason. Fromm had fallen down the depth chart and likely would have faced a big challenge to make even the practice squad this summer, but now will need to find a new NFL home.
Jake Fromm Spent Time in Detroit Last Year
As Jeff Risdon of USA Today’s Lions Wire noted, Fromm already had another stint in Detroit and found his way onto the depth chart.
“He joined Detroit midway through training camp last summer and impressed enough to stick around as the de facto third quarterback,” Risdon wrote. “The one-time Georgia Bulldogs star has bounced around a few NFL teams since being drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the fifth round of the 2020 NFL Draft.”
Fromm has had an unusual NFL journey. He joined the Bills in 2020, the only quarterback the team has drafted since landing Josh Allen in 2018, but played an unusual role that season. The Bills kept Fromm on the practice squad and had him remain away from all of his teammates, serving as an emergency “quarantine” quarterback who could fill in if the other signal callers were forced out due to the strict COVID protocols that season.
Fromm returned to Buffalo’s practice squad in 2021 but was poached by the New York Giants, starting two games that season and completing 27 of 60 passes for 210 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions.
