Acclimating to the NFL is difficult for most rookies, but offensive skill positions seem to make the adjustment quicker than at other positions. Even with the shorter learning curve, asking a Day 3 draft pick to start in Week 1 is a tall order, but that’s the situation the Detroit Lions found themselves in 2020.
This is the sixth installment in a series of articles at Pride of Detroit where we will examine the snap counts for the Lions rookies during the 2020 season. You can read the previous articles in this series here: Jeff Okudah, D’Andre Swift, Julian Okwara, Jonah Jackson, and Logan Stenberg.