Allen Park — The Detroit Lions are parting ways with Ameer Abdullah. The former second-round pick is being waived to make room for wide receiver Bruce Ellington.
The team also re-signed running back Zach Zenner.
Ellington, a fourth-round pick out of South Carolina in 2014, worked out with the Lions earlier this week. He’s spent time on three rosters, most recently with the Houston Texans.
The 5-foot-9, 200-pounder posted some of the best 20- and 60-yard shuttle times at the scouting combine in 2014 and will give the Lions some much-needed shiftiness after the team traded Golden Tate to the Eagles last week.