The first two years of Levi Onwuzurike’s NFL career haven’t been the best of starts. But despite all the hardships, the Detroit Lions’ third-year defensive tackle is ready to put the struggles—and more importantly, his back injury—behind him and get his football career back on track.
Sunday, coach Dan Campbell announced that to many’s surprise, Onwuzurike would not go on the team’s Physically Unable to Perform list, meaning he would immediately start practicing for the first time in a year. Though the Lions are easing him in with mostly individual drills at this point in the offseason, Onwuzurike couldn’t hold in his excitement walking off the field after his first practice on Sunday.