Life in the NFL is hard for a rookie and it takes time to acclimate to the professional level. On a regular basis, rookies fall short of expectations or burn out in their first year, and it’s not until year two that we see true development.
So that brings us to our question of the day: Which 2020 Detroit Lions rookie is most likely to make a developmental leap in 2021?
Let’s take a quick look at the 11 of the Lions’ rookies from last season to help us answer this question.