If you are an undrafted rookie free agent looking at the Detroit Lions‘ tight end position, you’d likely not view it as a favorable landing spot. After all, the Lions used the eighth overall selection in the 2019 NFL Draft on tight end T.J. Hockenson, locking him in as the starter for the foreseeable future.
Throw-in a veteran like Jesse James, and the versatile Isaac Nauta who finished last year playing some at fullback, and suddenly the opportunities to crack the roster at tight end seem thin. Yet that didn’t stop arguably the most wanted undrafted rookie free agent in 2020 from signing with the Lions.