Lions Shut Down Another 3 Players With Season-Ending Injuries

The Detroit Lions have placed three more players on the season-ending injured reserve list amid their latest flurry of roster moves at 2025 training camp.

According to the team’s official transaction wire, the Lions placed guard Colby Sorsdal, offensive tackle Justin Herron and tight end Kenny Yeboah on injured reserve Sunday.

The Lions now have five total players stuck on season-ending IR, including cornerback Ennis Rakestraw Jr. — a 2024 second-round pick — and seventh-round rookie safety Dan Jackson. Lions coach Dan Campbell has also confirmed that defensive tackle Levi Onwuzurike (PUP list) will miss the 2025 season as he recovers from ACL surgery.

Players who land on IR before the roster cutdown must miss the entire regular season unless they receive one of their team’s two allotted return designations. None of the five players the Lions have placed on IR thus far have received those designations, though.

Lions Sign Ex-Colts RB, 3 Others Amid Roster Moves

The Lions also signed four new players on Sunday: offensive tackle Gunner Britton, running back Deon Jackson, tight end Gunnar Oakes and guard Keaton Sutherland. All four signings played in the UFL during the 2025 season earlier in the calendar year.

Jackson appeared in 27 games for the Indianapolis Colts during his first three seasons in the NFL, averaging three yards per carry (94 carries for 281 yards) and catching 35 passes for 223 yards, but he lost his roster spot early in 2023 and spent 2024 unsigned. He boosted his resume with the DC Defenders in 2025, though, bumping up his average to five yards per carry (83 rushes for 417 yards) and running in four touchdowns.

Meanwhile, Sutherland — a 6-foot-5, 316-pound guard — is an NFL journeyman who has spent time with six different teams over his first six seasons. He made two starts and appeared in four games for the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted rookie in 2019, but he has not played a single snap since the Bengals’ 2021 regular-season finale.

The other two signings have much less experience, but both will have opportunities to shed their “camp body” labels over the next two weeks before the roster cutdown.

Lions Also Nursing More Injuries at Training Camp

The Lions have limited their season-ending injuries to six players — for now — but there are still a few more injuries worth monitoring in the final two weeks of training camp.

Lions defensive back Morice Norris remains in the league’s concussion protocol after a scary injury in Friday’s preseason game resulted in him being taken off the field in an ambulance. While Campbell said Monday that Norris is back with the team and “doing well,” he emphasized that the team will take things slow with him as he works back.

According to The Athletic’s Colton Puncy, Lions sixth-round rookie edge rusher Ahmed Hassanein also left Monday’s practice early with a lower-leg injury. Pouncy added that Hassanein said he was “alright” when he passed by him later on, but it remains to be seen whether his injury will cost him any more practice time in the weeks ahead.