PLayer ProfiLes <strong>Detroit</strong>lions.com Media.<strong>Detroit</strong>lions.com <strong>Lions</strong> roster moves JANUARY 2012 January 1: .......The lions deactivated QB Drew stanton, s louis Delmas, CB aaron Berry, rB Joique Bell, s ricardo silva, G leonard Davis, and DT Corey Williams. January 7: .......The lions deactivated QB Drew stanton, CB Brandon McDonald, rB Joique Bell, s Chris Harris, lB Doug Hogue, G leonard Davis, and DT andre fluellen. January 10: .....The lions signed De Ugo Chinasa, C Dan Gerberry, Wr Marcus Harris, Wr Nate Hughes, G Jacques McClendon, lB slade Norris, Te Nathan overbay, Wr Terrence Toliver and DB ross Weaver to 2012 reserve/future contracts. FEBRUARY 2012 february 6: .....Waived De Cody Brown from the reserve/Did Not report list MARCH 2012 March 12: ........released Te Will Heller March 16: ........signed fB James Bryant March 19: ........re-signed P Ben Graham March 20: ........re-signed T Jeff Backus, s erik Coleman and DT andré fluellen March 21: ........re-signed ls Don Muhlbach; sign CB Jacob lacey March 22: ........re-signed Te Will Heller, QB shaun Hill, lB ashlee Palmer and lB stephen Tulloch; sign De everette Brown March 30: ........re-signed rB Kevin smith APRIL 2012 april 16: ...........re-signed T Corey Hilliard and lB Deandre levy april 19: ...........re-signed DT sammie Hill MAY 2012 May 1: ..............signed Wr lance long May 10: ............signed G rodney austin, T Quinn Barham, G Pat Boyle, Wr Troy Burrell, DT Michael Cosgrove, K Derek Dimke, Wr Patrick edwards, Te alex Gottlieb, rB stephfon Green, Wr Jared Karstetter, s alonzo lawrence, De edmon McClam, lB Carmen Messina, QB Kellen Moore, G J.C. oram, lB ronnie sneed and Te austin Wells JUNE 2012 June 5: .............released Wr Jared Karstetter and re-signed Wr Maurice stovall June 11: ...........signed Wr Jarett Dillard June 21: ...........released Wr Troy Burrell and DB alonzo lawrence, signed QB r.J. archer and claimed DB Dontrell Johnson off waivers June 25: ...........released s sam Proctor and sign s sean Jones June 28: ...........released G Pat Boyle and signed ls Matt Camilli JULY 2012 July 23: ............released CB aaron Berry and signed Wr Dominique Curry July 24: ............Placed CB Chris Greenwood and De ronnell lewis on active/Physically Unable to Perform list; placed Wr ryan Broyles on active/Non-football injury list; released T Johnny Culbreath and signed T Jonathan scott July 25: ............released Wr Marcus Harris and signed CB Justin Miller July 26: ............released CB ross Weaver and signed CB Drew Coleman July 31: ............released CB Dontrell Johnson and signed CB ross Weaver AUGUST 2012 august 1: .........released ls Matt Camilli and waived/injured DT Michael Cosgrove and signed G Pay Boyle and DT Tracy roberston august 3: .........Waived/injured lB ronnie sneed and signed lB Korey Bosworth
2012 DETROIT LIONS ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Updated: August 4, 2012 2011 No. Name Pos Ht Wt Age Birthdate Exp College Hometown How Acq G S DNP I 8 archer, r.J. QB 6-2 220 25 8/5/87 1 William & Mary Charlottesville, Virginia fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 74 austin, rodney G 6-4 311 23 12/4/88 r elon Charlotte, N.C. fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 92 avril, Cliff De 6-3 260 26 4/8/86 5 Purdue Green Cove springs, fla. D-3c ‘08 16 16 0 0 76 Backus, Jeff T 6-5 305 34 9/21/77 12 Michigan Norcross, Ga. D-1 ‘01 16 16 0 0 35 Bell, Joique rB 5-11 220 26 8/4/86 2 Wayne state Benton Harbor, Mich. fa ‘11 0 0 0 1 28 Bentley, Dwight CB 5-10 176 23 5/16/89 r louisiana-lafayette Pahokee, fla. D-3 ‘12 0 0 0 0 44 Best, Jahvid rB 5-10 199 23 1/30/89 3 California richmond, Calif. D-1b ‘10 6 6 0 5 49w Bosworth, Korey lB 6-1 242 25 11/21/86 2 UCla irving, Texas fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 61 Boyle, Pat G 6-5 301 22 5/30/90 r Temple Towson, Md. fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 95 Brown, everette De 6-1 256 25 8/7/87 3 florida state stantonsburg, N.C. fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 84 Broyles, ryan Wr 5-10 188 24 4/9/88 r oklahoma Norman, okla. D-2 ‘12 0 0 0 0 40b Bryant, James fB 6-3 257 26 12/18/85 r louisville reading, Pa. fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 13 Burleson, Nate Wr 6-0 198 30 8/19/81 10 Nevada seattle, Wash. Ufa-sea ‘10 16 11 0 0 31 Carey, Don s 5-11 192 25 2/14/87 4 Norfolk state Norfolk, Va. fa ‘11 5 0 0 4 77 Cherilus, Gosder T 6-7 325 28 6/28/84 5 Boston College somerville, Mass. D-1 ‘08 16 15 0 0 69 Chinasa, Ugo De 6-5 252 24 7/30/88 1 oklahoma state richardson, Texas fa ‘11 0 0 0 0 40w Coleman, Drew CB 5-9 180 29 4/22/83 7 TCU Henderson, Texas fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 24 Coleman, erik s 5-10 207 30 5/6/82 9 Washington state spokane, Wash. fa’11 4 0 0 1 18 Curry, Dominique Wr 6-2 223 23 8/16/88 2 California (Pa.) Philadelphia, Pa. fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 26 Delmas, louis s 5-11 202 25 4/12/87 4 Western Michigan North Miami Beach, fla. D-2 ‘09 11 11 0 5 3 Dimke, Derek K 6-0 180 22 4/16/90 r illinois rockford, ill. fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 12 Dillard, Jarett Wr 5-11 190 26 12/21/85 3 rice san antonio, Texas fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 6 Donahue, ryan P 6-3 190 24 3/17/88 2 iowa evergreen Park, ill. fa ‘11 8 0 0 3 52 Durant, Justin lB 6-1 240 26 9/20/85 6 Hampton florence, s.C. Ufa-Jax ‘11 13 12 0 3 83 edwards, Patrick Wr 5-9 175 23 10/25/88 r Houston Hearne, Texas fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 98 fairley, Nick DT 6-4 298 24 1/23/88 2 auburn Mobile, ala. D-1 ‘11 10 0 0 6 96 fluellen, andre DT 6-2 302 27 3/7/85 5 florida state Cartersville, Ga. D-3b ‘08 13 0 0 3 70 fox, Jason T 6-6 314 24 5/2/88 3 Miami (fla.) fort Worth, Texas D-4 ‘10 0 0 0 8 65 Gandy, Dylan G 6-3 295 30 3/8/82 7 Texas Tech Harlingen, Texas fa ‘09 16 0 0 0 64 Gerberry, Dan C 6-3 302 26 11/10/85 1 Ball state austintown, ohio fa ‘09 0 0 0 0 49b Gottlieb, alex Te 6-4 255 22 7/4/90 r William & Mary Delray Beach, fla. fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 2 Graham, Ben P 6-5 236 38 11/2/73 8 Deakin (australia) Geelong, Victoria (australia) fa ‘11 7 0 0 0 36 Green, Jonté CB 6-0 184 23 7/19/89 r New Mexico state st. Petersburg, fla. D-6 ‘12 0 0 0 0 43b Green, stephfon rB 5-10 193 23 5/28/89 r Penn state Bronx, N.y. fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 33 Greenwood, Chris CB 6-1 193 23 7/10/89 r albion College <strong>Detroit</strong>, Mich. D-5b ‘12 0 0 0 0 4 Hanson, Jason K 6-0 190 42 6/17/70 21 Washington state spokane, Wash. D-2b ‘92 16 0 0 0 89 Heller, Will Te 6-6 275 31 2/28/81 10 Georgia Tech Dunwoody, Ga. Ufa-sea ‘09 16 6 0 0 91 Hill, sammie DT 6-4 329 25 11/8/86 4 stillman West Blockton, ala. D-4 ‘09 16 3 0 0 14 Hill, shaun QB 6-3 220 32 1/9/80 11 Maryland Parsons, Kan. T-sf ‘10 2 0 14 0 78 Hilliard, Corey T 6-6 300 27 4/26/85 4 oklahoma state New orleans, la. fa ‘09 16 1 0 0 57 Hogue, Doug lB 6-2 226 23 2/1/89 2 syracuse yonkers, N.y. D-5 ‘11 13 0 0 3 23 Houston, Chris CB 5-11 178 27 10/18/84 6 arkansas austin, Texas T- atl ‘10 14 13 0 2 86 Hughes, Nate Wr 6-2 195 27 1/18/85 3 alcorn state starkville, Miss fa ‘11 0 0 0 0 94 Jackson, lawrence De 6-4 271 26 8/30/85 5 southern California inglewood, Calif. T-sea’10 11 0 0 5 81 Johnson, Calvin Wr 6-5 236 26 9/29/85 6 Georgia Tech Tyrone, Ga. D-1 ‘07 16 16 0 0 32 Jones, sean s 6-1 220 30 3/2/82 9 Georgia atlanta, Ga. Ufa-TB ‘12 0 0 0 0 21 lacey, Jacob CB 5-10 177 25 5/28/87 4 oklahoma state Garland, Texas fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 25 leshoure, Mikel rB 6-0 233 24 1/25/88 2 illinois Champaign, ill. D-2b ‘11 0 0 0 0 54 levy, Deandre lB 6-2 238 25 3/26/87 4 Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisc. D-3a ‘09 16 16 0 0 97 lewis, ronnell De 6-2 253 21 9/17/90 r oklahoma Dewar, okla. D-4 ‘12 0 0 0 0 50 lewis, Travis lB 6-2 222 24 1/15/88 r oklahoma san antonio, Texas D-7 ‘12 0 0 0 0 11 logan, stefan rB 5-6 180 31 6/2/81 4 south Dakota Miami, fla. W-Pit ‘10 16 1 0 0 19 long, lance Wr 5-11 186 26 5/4/86 2 Mississippi state shelby Township, Mich. fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 75 McClam, edmon De 6-6 280 23 2/17/89 r old Dominion Coward, s.C. fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 63 McClendon, Jacques G 6-3 324 24 12/10/87 2 Tennessee Cleveland, Tn. fa ‘11 0 0 0 4 47 Messina, Carmen lB 6-2 236 23 9/8/88 r New Mexico addison, ill. fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 15 Miles, Wallace Wr 6-0 191 23 8/1/89 r North Carolina a&T atlanta, Ga. fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 43w Miller, Justin CB 5-11 186 28 2/14/84 5 Clemson owensboro, Ky. fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 17 Moore, Kellen QB 6-0 197 23 7/12/89 r Boise state Prosser, Wash. fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 48 Muhlbach, Don ls 6-4 265 30 8/17/81 9 Texas a&M lufkin, Texas fa ‘04 16 0 0 0 53 Norris, slade lB 6-2 232 26 10/25/85 2 oregon state Portland, ore. fa ‘11 0 0 0 0 72 oram, J.C. G 6-4 300 23 7/18/89 r Weber state Marriott-slaterville, Utah fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 46 overbay, Nathan Te 6-5 270 25 1/4/87 1 eastern Washington lakewood, Wash. fa ‘11 0 0 0 0 58 Palmer, ashlee lB 6-1 236 26 4/7/86 4 Mississippi Compton, Calif. W-Buf ‘10 16 0 0 0 66 Peterman, stephen G 6-4 323 30 1/11/82 8 louisiana state Waveland, Miss. fa ‘06 16 16 0 0 87 Pettigrew, Brandon Te 6-5 265 27 2/23/85 4 oklahoma state Tyler, Texas D-1b ‘09 16 16 0 0 51 raiola, Dominic C 6-1 295 33 12/30/78 12 Nebraska Honolulu, Hawaii D-2a ‘01 16 16 0 0 71 reiff, riley T 6-6 313 23 12/1/88 r iowa Parkston, s.D. D-1 ‘12 0 0 0 0 60 robertson, Tracy DT 6-4 280 22 9/26/89 r Baylor Houston, Texas fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 85 scheffler, Tony Te 6-5 255 29 2/15/83 7 Western Michigan Chelsea, Mich. T-Den ‘10 15 5 0 1 73 scott, Jonathan T 6-6 318 29 1/10/83 7 Texas Dallas, Texas fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 39 silva, ricardo s 6-3 225 24 5/9/88 1 Hampton Balitmore, Md. fa ‘11 4 0 0 1 67 sims, rob G 6-3 312 28 12/6/83 7 ohio state Macedonia, ohio T-sea ‘10 16 16 0 0 27 smith, alphonso CB 5-9 190 26 10/20/85 4 Wake forest Pahokee, fla. T-Den ‘10 11 1 0 5 30 smith, Kevin rB 6-1 217 25 12/17/86 5 Central florida Miami, fla. fa ‘11 7 4 0 1 42 spievey, amari s 5-11 195 24 4/15/88 3 iowa Middleton, Conn. D-3 ‘10 15 15 0 1 9 stafford, Matthew QB 6-3 232 24 2/7/88 4 Georgia Highland Park, Texas D-1a ‘09 16 16 0 0 80 stovall, Maurice Wr 6-5 220 27 2/21/85 7 Notre Dame radnor, Pa. Ufa-TB ‘11 15 0 0 1 90 suh, Ndamukong DT 6-4 307 25 1/6/87 3 Nebraska Portland, ore. D-1a ‘10 14 14 0 0 82 Toliver, Terrence Wr 6-5 204 24 5/7/88 1 louisiana state Hempstead, Texas fa ‘11 0 0 0 0 55 Tulloch, stephen lB 5-11 240 27 1/1/85 7 North Carolina state Miami, fla. Ufa-Ten ‘11 16 16 0 0 93 Vanden Bosch, Kyle De 6-4 278 33 11/17/78 12 Nebraska larchwood, iowa Ufa-Ten ‘10 16 16 0 0 38 Weaver, ross CB 6-1 203 25 1/9/87 1 Michigan state southfield, Mich. fa ‘11 0 0 0 0 45 Wells, austin Te 6-3 255 23 3/28/89 r Northern iowa Norfolk, Neb. fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 29 Wendling, John s 6-1 222 29 6/4/83 6 Wyoming rock springs, Wyo. fa ‘10 16 1 0 0 59 Whitehead, Tahir lB 6-2 228 22 4/2/90 r Temple Newark, N.J. D-5a ‘12 0 0 0 0 99 Williams, Corey DT 6-4 320 31 8/17/80 9 arkansas state Camden, ark. T-Cle ‘10 15 15 0 1 34 Williams, Keiland rB 5-11 230 25 8/14/86 3 louisiana state lafayette, la. W-Wash ‘11 15 0 0 1 16 young, Titus Wr 5-11 174 22 8/21/89 2 Boise state los angeles, Calif. D-2a ‘11 16 9 0 0 79 young, Willie De 6-4 251 26 9/19/85 3 North Carolina state Palm Beach Gardens, fla. D-7a ‘10 14 0 0 2 RESERVE/INJURED 62 Cosgrove, Michael DT 6-4 300 23 5/29/89 r idaho las Vegas, Nev. fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 49 sneed, ronnie lB 6-2 241 23 6/26/1989 r Kentucky Tallahassee, fla. fa ‘12 0 0 0 0 RESERVE/NON FOOTBALL ILLNESS 36 Harrison, Jerome rB 5-9 205 29 2/26/83 8 Washington state Kalamazoo, Mich. Ufa-Phi ‘11 4 0 0 2
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