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1992 Detroit Lions
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Record: 5-11-0, Finished 3rd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 273 points (17.1/g), 19th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 332 points (20.8/g), 20th.
Differential of -59 points (-3.7/g), 16th.
Expected W-L: 6.2-9.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.2/g), 19th.
Coached by Wayne Fontes (5-11-0)
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1992 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Rodney Peete | 26 | 3 | 10 | 123 for 213, 1,702 yards, 9 td, 9 int, & 21 rushes for 83 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 6th / 141st pick / 1989 |
| RB | Barry Sanders* | 24 | 3 | 16 | 312 rushes for 1,352 yards, 9 td, & 29 catches for 225 yards and 1 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 3rd pick / 1989 |
| WR | Mike Farr | 25 | 2 | 9 | 15 catches for 115 yards, 0 td | |
| WR | Willie Green | 26 | 1 | 13 | 33 catches for 586 yards, 5 td | Detroit Lions / 8th / 194th pick / 1990 |
| WR | Herman Moore | 23 | 1 | 11 | 51 catches for 966 yards, 4 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1991 |
| WR | Brett Perriman | 27 | 4 | 16 | 69 catches for 810 yards, 4 td | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1988 |
| WR | Reggie Barrett | 23 | 1 | 6 | 4 catches for 67 yards, 1 td | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 58th pick / 1991 |
| TE | Jimmie Johnson | 26 | 3 | 5 | 6 catches for 34 yards, 0 td | Washington Redskins / 12th / 316th pick / 1989 |
| LT | Lomas Brown* | 29 | 7 | 16 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1985 |
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| LG | Shawn Bouwens | 24 | 1 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | New England Patriots / 9th / 226th pick / 1990 |
| C | Kevin Glover | 29 | 7 | 7 | 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1985 |
| C | Blake Miller | 24 | Rook | 5 | New England Patriots / 7th / 168th pick / 1991 |
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| RG | Ken Dallafior | 33 | 7 | 12 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 124th pick / 1982 |
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| RT | Scott Conover | 24 | 1 | 15 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 118th pick / 1991 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Marc Spindler | 23 | 2 | 13 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1990 |
| NT | Jerry Ball | 28 | 5 | 12 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1987 |
| RDE | Kelvin Pritchett | 23 | 1 | 15 | 6.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 20th pick / 1991 |
| LOLB | George Jamison | 30 | 5 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 47th pick / 1984 Supp |
| LILB | Chris Spielman | 27 | 4 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 29th pick / 1988 |
| RILB | Dennis Gibson | 28 | 5 | 16 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 203rd pick / 1987 |
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| ROLB | Mike L. Cofer | 32 | 9 | 8 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 67th pick / 1983 |
| ROLB | Tracy Scroggins | 23 | Rook | 7 | 7.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1992 |
| LCB | Ray Crockett | 25 | 3 | 15 | 1.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 4th / 86th pick / 1989 |
| RCB | Mel Jenkins | 30 | 5 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| SS | William White | 26 | 4 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 4th / 85th pick / 1988 |
| FS | Bennie Blades | 26 | 4 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 3rd pick / 1988 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jason Hanson | 22 | Rook | 0 | 21 of 26 field goals & 30 of 30 extra points | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 56th pick / 1992 |
| P | Jim Arnold | 31 | 9 | 0 | 65 punts for a 43.8 average, 1 blocked | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 119th pick / 1983 |
| PR | Mel J. Gray* | 31 | 6 | 0 | 18 punt returns for a 9.7 average and 1 td | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1984 Supp |
| KR | Mel J. Gray* | 31 | 6 | 0 | 42 kick returns for a 24.0 average and 1 td | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1984 Supp |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Jim Arnold | 31 | P | 16 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Vanderbilt | 1/31/1961 | 9 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 119th pick / 1983 |
| 93 | Jerry Ball | 28 | NT-DT | 12 | 12 | 330 | 6-1 | SMU | 12/15/1964 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1987 |
| 40 | Reggie Barrett | 23 | WR | 8 | 6 | 214 | 6-3 | Texas-El Paso | 8/14/1969 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 58th pick / 1991 |
| 36 | Bennie Blades | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 221 | 6-0 | Miami (FL) | 9/3/1966 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 3rd pick / 1988 |
| 66 | Shawn Bouwens | 24 | G | 16 | 16 | 293 | 6-5 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 5/25/1968 | 1 | New England Patriots / 9th / 226th pick / 1990 |
| 75 | Lomas Brown* | 29 | T | 16 | 16 | 282 | 6-4 | Florida | 3/30/1963 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1985 |
| 68 | Leonard Burton | 28 | C | 2 | 2 | 275 | 6-3 | South Carolina | 6/18/1964 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 77th pick / 1986 |
| 87 | Jeff Campbell | 24 | WR | 12 | 0 | 167 | 5-8 | Colorado | 3/26/1968 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 118th pick / 1990 |
| 50 | Toby Caston | 27 | LB | 15 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | LSU | 7/17/1965 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 159th pick / 1987 |
| 32 | Willie Clay | 22 | DB | 6 | 0 | 193 | 5-10 | Georgia Tech | 9/5/1970 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 8th / 221st pick / 1992 |
| 55 | Mike L. Cofer | 32 | LB-DE | 8 | 8 | 245 | 6-5 | Tennessee | 4/7/1960 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 67th pick / 1983 |
| 21 | Harry Colon | 23 | DB | 16 | 0 | 203 | 6-0 | Missouri | 2/14/1969 | 1 | New England Patriots / 8th / 196th pick / 1991 |
| 76 | Scott Conover | 24 | T-G | 15 | 15 | 276 | 6-4 | Purdue | 9/27/1968 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 118th pick / 1991 |
| 39 | Ray Crockett | 25 | DB | 15 | 15 | 185 | 5-10 | Baylor | 1/5/1967 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 86th pick / 1989 |
| 67 | Ken Dallafior | 33 | G-T-C | 12 | 12 | 276 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 8/26/1959 | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 124th pick / 1982 |
| 52 | John Derby | 24 | LB | 1 | 0 | 232 | 6-0 | Iowa | 3/24/1968 | Rook | |
| 81 | Mike Farr | 25 | WR | 14 | 9 | 192 | 5-10 | UCLA | 8/8/1967 | 2 | |
| 97 | Darryl Ford | 26 | LB | 1 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | New Mexico State | 6/22/1966 | Rook | |
| 98 | Dennis Gibson | 28 | LB | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-2 | Iowa State | 2/8/1964 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 203rd pick / 1987 |
| 53 | Kevin Glover | 29 | C-G | 7 | 7 | 278 | 6-2 | Maryland | 6/17/1963 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1985 |
| 23 | Mel J. Gray* | 31 | RB-WR | 15 | 0 | 167 | 5-9 | Purdue | 3/16/1961 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1984 Supp |
| 86 | Willie Green | 26 | WR | 15 | 13 | 185 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 4/2/1966 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 194th pick / 1990 |
| 4 | Jason Hanson | 22 | K | 16 | 0 | 182 | 5-11 | Washington State | 6/17/1970 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 56th pick / 1992 |
| 99 | Tracy Hayworth | 25 | LB | 4 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 12/18/1967 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 174th pick / 1990 |
| 48 | Mike Hinnant | 26 | TE | 15 | 1 | 268 | 6-3 | Temple | 9/8/1966 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 211th pick / 1988 |
| 97 | Jeff Hunter | 26 | DE | 4 | 0 | 286 | 6-5 | Albany State (GA) | 4/12/1966 | 2 | Phoenix Cardinals / 11th / 291st pick / 1989 |
| 58 | George Jamison | 30 | LB | 16 | 16 | 232 | 6-1 | Cincinnati | 9/30/1962 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 47th pick / 1984 Supp |
| 24 | Mel Jenkins | 30 | DB | 16 | 16 | 172 | 5-10 | Cincinnati | 3/16/1962 | 5 | |
| 89 | Jimmie Johnson | 26 | TE | 16 | 5 | 252 | 6-2 | Howard | 10/6/1966 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 12th / 316th pick / 1989 |
| 95 | Troy A. Johnson | 28 | LB-DE | 9 | 0 | 236 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 11/10/1964 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 133rd pick / 1988 |
| 51 | Andre Jones | 23 | LB | 6 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 5/15/1969 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 185th pick / 1991 |
| 57 | Victor P. Jones | 26 | LB | 16 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Virginia Tech | 10/19/1966 | 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 12th / 310th pick / 1988 |
| 12 | Erik Kramer | 28 | QB | 7 | 3 | 200 | 6-1 | North Carolina State | 11/6/1964 | 5 | |
| 72 | Jack Linn | 25 | T-G | 4 | 4 | 295 | 6-5 | West Virginia | 6/10/1967 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 229th pick / 1990 |
| 26 | Eric Lynch | 22 | RB | 1 | 0 | 224 | 5-10 | Grand Valley State | 5/16/1970 | Rook | |
| 83 | Aubrey Matthews | 30 | WR | 13 | 0 | 165 | 5-7 | Delta State | 9/15/1962 | 6 | |
| 97 | Mike McDonald | 34 | LB | 1 | 0 | 238 | 6-1 | USC | 6/22/1958 | 9 | |
| 63 | Dennis McKnight | 33 | G-C | 12 | 2 | 273 | 6-3 | Drake | 9/12/1959 | 10 | |
| 82 | Thomas McLemore | 22 | TE | 11 | 1 | 245 | 6-5 | Southern | 3/14/1970 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 81st pick / 1992 |
| 62 | Blake Miller | 24 | C | 14 | 5 | 282 | 6-1 | LSU | 8/23/1968 | Rook | New England Patriots / 7th / 168th pick / 1991 |
| 84 | Herman Moore | 23 | WR | 12 | 11 | 210 | 6-4 | Virginia | 10/20/1969 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1991 |
| 33 | Don Overton | 25 | RB | 1 | 0 | 221 | 6-0 | Fairmont State | 9/24/1967 | 2 | |
| 90 | Dan Owens | 25 | DE-DT-NT | 16 | 4 | 280 | 6-3 | USC | 3/16/1967 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 35th pick / 1990 |
| 9 | Rodney Peete | 26 | QB | 10 | 10 | 230 | 6-0 | USC | 3/16/1966 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 141st pick / 1989 |
| 80 | Brett Perriman | 27 | WR | 16 | 16 | 180 | 5-9 | Miami (FL) | 10/10/1965 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1988 |
| 96 | Lawrence Pete | 26 | NT-DT | 13 | 4 | 286 | 6-0 | Nebraska | 1/18/1966 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 115th pick / 1989 |
| 91 | Robert Porcher | 23 | DE-DT | 16 | 1 | 266 | 6-3 | South Carolina State | 7/30/1969 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 1st / 26th pick / 1992 |
| 94 | Kelvin Pritchett | 23 | DT-DE | 16 | 15 | 322 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 10/24/1969 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 20th pick / 1991 |
| 27 | Junior Robinson | 24 | DB | 10 | 0 | 181 | 5-9 | East Carolina | 2/3/1968 | 2 | New England Patriots / 5th / 110th pick / 1990 |
| 20 | Barry Sanders* | 24 | RB | 16 | 16 | 203 | 5-8 | Oklahoma State | 7/16/1968 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 3rd pick / 1989 |
| 64 | Eric Sanders | 34 | T-G-C | 6 | 1 | 277 | 6-6 | Nevada-Reno | 10/22/1958 | 11 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 136th pick / 1981 |
| 38 | Kevin T. Scott | 23 | DB | 16 | 1 | 175 | 5-9 | Stanford | 5/19/1969 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 91st pick / 1991 |
| 59 | Tracy Scroggins | 23 | DE-LB | 16 | 7 | 273 | 6-3 | Tulsa | 9/11/1969 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1992 |
| 54 | Chris Spielman | 27 | LB | 16 | 16 | 247 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 10/11/1965 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 29th pick / 1988 |
| 92 | Marc Spindler | 23 | DE-NT-DT | 13 | 13 | 290 | 6-5 | Pittsburgh | 11/28/1969 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1990 |
| 33 | Troy Stradford | 28 | RB-WR | 6 | 0 | 191 | 5-9 | Boston College | 9/11/1964 | 5 | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 99th pick / 1987 |
| 71 | Larry Tharpe | 22 | T | 11 | 0 | 300 | 6-4 | Tennessee State | 11/19/1970 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 6th / 145th pick / 1992 |
| 34 | Ed Tillison | 23 | FB | 6 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | Northwest Missouri State | 2/12/1969 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 11th / 306th pick / 1992 |
| 11 | Andre Ware | 24 | QB | 4 | 3 | 205 | 6-2 | Houston | 7/31/1968 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 7th pick / 1990 |
| 25 | Sheldon White | 27 | DB | 13 | 0 | 188 | 5-11 | Miami (OH) | 3/1/1965 | 4 | New York Giants / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1988 |
| 35 | William White | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 199 | 5-10 | Ohio State | 2/19/1966 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 85th pick / 1988 |
| Team Total | 26.1 | 16 | 235.8 | 6-1.1 | 3.2 |