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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 3rd in NFC North Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 362 points (22.6/g), 15th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 369 points (23.1/g), 19th.
Differential of -7 points (-0.4/g), 17th.
Expected W-L: 7.8-8.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.2/g), 11th.
Simple Rating System: Total 1.9, Offense: 2.4, Defense: -0.5, SoS: 2.3, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Jim Schwartz
Offensive Coordinator: Scott Linehan
Defensive Coordinator: Gunther Cunningham
Training Camp: Lions' Training Facility (Allen Park, Michigan)
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| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Shaun Hill | 30 | 5 | 10 | 257 for 416, 2,686 yards, 16 td, 12 int, & 22 rushes for 123 yards and 0 td | |
| RB | Jahvid Best | 21 | Rook | 9 | 171 rushes for 555 yards, 4 td, & 58 catches for 487 yards and 2 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 30th pick / 2010 |
| RB | Maurice Morris | 31 | 8 | 7 | 90 rushes for 336 yards, 5 td, & 25 catches for 170 yards and 0 td | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 54th pick / 2002 |
| WR | Nate Burleson | 29 | 7 | 14 | 55 catches for 625 yards, 6 td, & 7 rushes for 81 yards and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 71st pick / 2003 |
| WR | Calvin Johnson* | 25 | 3 | 15 | 77 catches for 1,120 yards, 12 td, & 4 rushes for 32 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 2nd pick / 2007 |
| TE | Brandon Pettigrew | 25 | 1 | 16 | 71 catches for 722 yards, 4 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 20th pick / 2009 |
| LT | Jeff Backus | 33 | 9 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 18th pick / 2001 |
| LG | Rob Sims | 27 | 4 | 16 | Seattle Seahawks / 4th / 128th pick / 2006 | |
| C | Dominic Raiola | 32 | 9 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 50th pick / 2001 |
| RG | Stephen Peterman | 28 | 5 | 16 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 83rd pick / 2004 | |
| RT | Gosder Cherilus | 26 | 2 | 12 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 17th pick / 2008 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Cliff Avril | 24 | 2 | 13 | 8.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 92nd pick / 2008 |
| LDT | Ndamukong Suh*+ | 23 | Rook | 16 | 10.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 2nd pick / 2010 |
| RDT | Corey Williams | 30 | 6 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 179th pick / 2004 |
| RDE | Kyle Vanden Bosch | 32 | 9 | 11 | 4.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 34th pick / 2001 |
| LLB | Landon Johnson | 29 | 6 | 8 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 96th pick / 2004 |
| MLB | DeAndre Levy | 23 | 1 | 11 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 76th pick / 2009 |
| RLB | Julian Peterson | 32 | 10 | 14 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 16th pick / 2000 |
| LCB | Chris Houston | 26 | 3 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 41st pick / 2007 |
| RCB | Alphonso Smith | 25 | 1 | 10 | 0.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 37th pick / 2009 |
| SS | Amari Spievey | 22 | Rook | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 66th pick / 2010 |
| FS | Louis Delmas | 23 | 1 | 15 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 33rd pick / 2009 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Dave Rayner | 28 | 5 | 0 | 13 of 16 field goals & 16 of 16 extra points | Indianapolis Colts / 6th / 202nd pick / 2005 |
| P | Nick Harris | 32 | 9 | 0 | 90 punts for a 44.6 average, 0 blocked | Denver Broncos / 4th / 120th pick / 2001 |
| KR | Stefan Logan | 29 | 1 | 0 | 55 kick returns for a 26.3 average and 1 td | |
| KR | Stefan Logan | 29 | 1 | 0 | 55 kick returns for a 26.3 average and 1 td |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | Cliff Avril | 24 | LDE | 13 | 13 | 252 | 6-3 | Purdue | 4/8/1986 | 2 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 92nd pick / 2008 |
| 76 | Jeff Backus | 33 | LT | 16 | 16 | 305 | 6-5 | Michigan | 9/21/1977 | 9 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 18th pick / 2001 |
| 32 | Aaron Berry | 22 | cb | 1 | 1 | 180 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 6/25/1988 | Rook | 1 | |
| 44 | Jahvid Best | 21 | RB | 16 | 9 | 190 | 5-9 | California | 1/30/1989 | Rook | 8 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 30th pick / 2010 |
| 21 | Aaron Brown | 25 | 6 | 0 | 196 | 6-0 | TCU | 10/10/1985 | 1 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 192nd pick / 2009 | |
| 39 | C.C. Brown | 27 | SS | 15 | 8 | 210 | 6-2 | La-Lafayette | 1/27/1983 | 5 | 3 | Houston Texans / 6th / 188th pick / 2005 |
| 13 | Nate Burleson | 29 | WR | 14 | 14 | 192 | 6-0 | Nevada-Reno | 8/19/1981 | 7 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 71st pick / 2003 |
| 53 | Caleb Campbell | 26 | 2 | 0 | 229 | 6-2 | Army | 9/14/1984 | Rook | 0 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 218th pick / 2008 | |
| 59 | Bobby Carpenter | 27 | lb | 10 | 2 | 255 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 8/1/1983 | 4 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 18th pick / 2006 |
| Gosder Cherilus | 26 | RT | 12 | 12 | 315 | 6-7 | Boston Col. | 6/28/1984 | 2 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 17th pick / 2008 | |
| 52 | Vinny Ciurciu | 30 | 10 | 0 | 235 | 6-0 | Clemson,Boston Col. | 5/2/1980 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 87 | Brian Clark | 27 | 4 | 0 | 204 | 6-2 | North Carolina St. | 12/26/1983 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Louis Delmas | 23 | FS | 15 | 15 | 197 | 5-11 | West. Michigan | 4/12/1987 | 1 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 33rd pick / 2009 |
| 50 | Isaiah Ekejiuba | 29 | 9 | 0 | 219 | 6-4 | Virginia | 10/5/1981 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 45 | Jerome Felton | 24 | rb | 16 | 2 | 246 | 6-0 | Furman | 7/3/1986 | 2 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 146th pick / 2008 |
| 96 | Andre Fluellen | 25 | 16 | 0 | 285 | 6-2 | Florida St. | 3/7/1985 | 2 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 87th pick / 2008 | |
| 49 | Zack Follett | 23 | lb | 5 | 2 | 231 | 6-2 | California | 7/3/1987 | 1 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 235th pick / 2009 |
| Jason Fox | 22 | 4 | 0 | 299 | 6-6 | Miami (FL) | 5/2/1988 | Rook | 0 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 128th pick / 2010 | ||
| Dylan Gandy | 28 | 16 | 0 | 300 | 6-3 | Texas Tech | 3/8/1982 | 5 | 1 | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 129th pick / 2005 | ||
| 4 | Jason Hanson | 40 | 8 | 0 | 182 | 5-11 | Washington St. | 6/17/1970 | 18 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 56th pick / 1992 | |
| 2 | Nick Harris | 32 | P | 16 | 0 | 218 | 6-2 | California | 7/23/1978 | 9 | 0 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 120th pick / 2001 |
| 41 | Spencer Havner | 27 | 5 | 0 | 244 | 6-3 | UCLA | 2/2/1983 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 89 | Will Heller | 29 | te | 16 | 5 | 250 | 6-6 | Georgia Tech | 2/28/1981 | 7 | 2 | |
| 91 | Sammie Lee Hill | 24 | 15 | 0 | 331 | 6-4 | Stillman | 11/8/1986 | 1 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 115th pick / 2009 | |
| 14 | Shaun Hill | 30 | QB | 11 | 10 | 210 | 6-5 | Maryland | 1/9/1980 | 5 | 8 | |
| 24 | Tye Hill | 28 | db | 4 | 1 | 185 | 5-9 | Clemson | 6/3/1982 | 4 | 1 | St. Louis Rams / 1st / 15th pick / 2006 |
| Corey Hilliard | 25 | t | 16 | 4 | 315 | 6-5 | Oklahoma St. | 4/26/1985 | 3 | 3 | New England Patriots / 6th / 209th pick / 2007 | |
| 23 | Chris Houston | 26 | LCB | 15 | 15 | 185 | 5-10 | Arkansas | 10/18/1984 | 3 | 5 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 41st pick / 2007 |
| 94 | Lawrence Jackson | 25 | 11 | 0 | 261 | 6-5 | USC | 8/30/1985 | 2 | 2 | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 28th pick / 2008 | |
| 80 | Bryant Johnson | 29 | wr | 14 | 7 | 214 | 6-2 | Penn St. | 3/7/1981 | 7 | 2 | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 2003 |
| 81 | Calvin Johnson* | 25 | WR | 15 | 15 | 239 | 6-5 | Georgia Tech | 9/25/1985 | 3 | 10 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 2nd pick / 2007 |
| 55 | Landon Johnson | 29 | LLB | 12 | 8 | 227 | 6-2 | Purdue | 3/13/1981 | 6 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 96th pick / 2004 |
| 30 | Eric King | 28 | 3 | 0 | 189 | 5-8 | Wake Forest | 5/10/1982 | 5 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 156th pick / 2005 | |
| 54 | DeAndre Levy | 23 | MLB | 11 | 11 | 230 | 6-2 | Wisconsin | 3/26/1987 | 1 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 76th pick / 2009 |
| 11 | Stefan Logan | 29 | KR | 16 | 0 | 177 | 5-7 | South Dakota | 6/2/1981 | 1 | 2 | |
| 75 | Turk McBride | 25 | RDE | 15 | 8 | 285 | 6-4 | Tennessee | 5/30/1985 | 3 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 54th pick / 2007 |
| 33 | Brandon McDonald | 25 | db | 6 | 2 | 181 | 5-11 | Memphis | 8/26/1985 | 3 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 140th pick / 2007 |
| 38 | Prince Miller | 22 | 4 | 0 | 198 | 5-8 | Georgia | 1/14/1988 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 28 | Maurice Morris | 31 | RB | 14 | 7 | 202 | 5-11 | Oregon | 12/1/1979 | 8 | 4 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 54th pick / 2002 |
| 48 | Don Muhlbach | 29 | 16 | 0 | 262 | 6-5 | Texas A&M | 8/17/1981 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 58 | Ashlee Palmer | 24 | llb | 16 | 5 | 223 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 4/7/1986 | 1 | 3 | |
| 66 | Stephen Peterman | 28 | RG | 16 | 16 | 318 | 6-4 | LSU | 1/11/1982 | 5 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 83rd pick / 2004 |
| 98 | Julian Peterson | 32 | RLB | 15 | 14 | 235 | 6-3 | Michigan St. | 7/28/1978 | 10 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 16th pick / 2000 |
| 84 | Brandon Pettigrew | 25 | TE | 16 | 16 | 257 | 6-5 | Oklahoma St. | 2/23/1985 | 1 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 20th pick / 2009 |
| 25 | Randy Phillips | 24 | 4 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Miami (FL) | 9/14/1986 | Rook | 0 | ||
| Paul Pratt | 25 | 2 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | UNLV | 5/1/1985 | Rook | 0 | |||
| 51 | Dominic Raiola | 32 | C | 16 | 16 | 295 | 6-1 | Nebraska | 12/30/1978 | 9 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 50th pick / 2001 |
| 3 | Dave Rayner | 28 | K | 8 | 0 | 209 | 6-2 | Michigan St. | 10/26/1982 | 5 | 0 | Indianapolis Colts / 6th / 202nd pick / 2005 |
| 85 | Tony Scheffler | 27 | te | 15 | 4 | 255 | 6-5 | West. Michigan | 2/15/1983 | 4 | 4 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 61st pick / 2006 |
| 67 | Rob Sims | 27 | LG | 16 | 16 | 320 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 12/6/1983 | 4 | 6 | Seattle Seahawks / 4th / 128th pick / 2006 |
| 27 | Alphonso Smith | 25 | RCB | 12 | 10 | 193 | 5-9 | Wake Forest | 10/20/1985 | 1 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 37th pick / 2009 |
| 34 | Kevin Smith | 24 | 6 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Central Florida | 12/17/1986 | 2 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 64th pick / 2008 | |
| 42 | Amari Spievey | 22 | SS | 16 | 9 | 190 | 6-0 | Iowa | 4/14/1988 | Rook | 4 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 66th pick / 2010 |
| 9 | Matthew Stafford | 22 | qb | 3 | 3 | 230 | 6-2 | Georgia | 2/7/1988 | 1 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 1st pick / 2009 |
| 5 | Drew Stanton | 26 | qb | 6 | 3 | 236 | 6-3 | Michigan St. | 5/7/1984 | 2 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 43rd pick / 2007 |
| 90 | Ndamukong Suh*+ | 23 | LDT | 16 | 16 | 307 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 1/6/1987 | Rook | 15 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 2nd pick / 2010 |
| 62 | Barry Turner | 23 | 1 | 0 | 265 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 1/7/1987 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 93 | Kyle Vanden Bosch | 32 | RDE | 11 | 11 | 278 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 11/17/1978 | 9 | 5 | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 34th pick / 2001 |
| 30 | Nathan Vasher | 29 | rcb | 14 | 5 | 180 | 5-10 | Texas | 11/17/1981 | 6 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 110th pick / 2004 |
| 26 | Jonathan Wade | 26 | db | 8 | 4 | 195 | 5-10 | Tennessee | 3/27/1984 | 3 | 2 | St. Louis Rams / 3rd / 84th pick / 2007 |
| 29 | John Wendling | 27 | 16 | 0 | 222 | 6-1 | Wyoming | 6/4/1983 | 3 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 184th pick / 2007 | |
| 33 | Dante Wesley | 31 | 3 | 0 | 211 | 6-1 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 4/5/1979 | 8 | 0 | Carolina Panthers / 4th / 100th pick / 2002 | |
| 99 | Corey Williams | 30 | RDT | 16 | 16 | 313 | 6-4 | Arkansas St. | 8/17/1980 | 6 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 179th pick / 2004 |
| 12 | Derrick Williams | 24 | wr | 7 | 1 | 197 | 5-11 | Penn St. | 7/6/1986 | 1 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 82nd pick / 2009 |
| Willie Young | 25 | 2 | 0 | 251 | 6-5 | North Carolina State | 9/19/1985 | Rook | 0 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 213th pick / 2010 | ||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 235.5 | 6-1.6 | 3.6 |