Detroit Lions

1987 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	AGE	COLLEGE
50	Earnest Adams E. Adams	LB	6'2"	226	3/12/1959	28	Illinois
6	Jim Arnold J. Arnold	P	6'2"	211	1/31/1961	26	Vanderbilt
68	Steve Baack S. Baack	OL	6'4"	264	11/16/1960	27	Oregon
93	Jerry Ball J. Ball	DL	6'1"	330	12/15/1964	23	Southern Methodist
61	Scott Barrows S. Barrows	OL	6'2"	278	3/31/1963	24	West Virginia
99	Bob Beemer B. Beemer	DL	6'5"	231	5/14/1963	24	Toledo
69	Charles Benson C. Benson	DL	6'3"	267	11/21/1960	27	Baylor
25	Karl Bernard K. Bernard	RB	5'11"	205	10/12/1964	23	Louisiana-Lafayette
11	Mike Black M. Black	P	6'1"	197	1/18/1961	26	Arizona State
80	Carl Bland C. Bland	WR	5'11"	182	8/17/1961	26	Virginia Union
95	Steve Boadway S. Boadway	LB	6'4"	240	6/20/1962	25	Arizona
42	John Bostic J. Bostic	DB	5'10"	176	10/6/1962	25	Bethune-Cookman
54	Tom Boyd T. Boyd	LB	6'3"	210	11/24/1959	28	Alabama
86	Danny Bradley D. Bradley	WR	5'9"	175	3/2/1963	24	Oklahoma
75	Lomas Brown L. Brown	OL	6'4"	280	3/30/1963	24	Florida
96	Paul Butcher P. Butcher	LB	6'0"	235	11/8/1963	24	Wayne State (MI)
65	Patrick Cain P. Cain	OL	6'2"	260	10/1/1962	25	Wichita State
58	Carl Carr C. Carr	LB	6'3"	230	3/26/1964	23	North Carolina
89	Jeff Chadwick J. Chadwick	WR	6'3"	190	12/16/1960	27	Grand Valley State
45	Raphel Cherry R. Cherry	DB	6'0"	194	12/19/1961	26	Hawaii
33	Dexter Clark D. Clark	DB	6'0"	190	5/5/1964	23	Toledo
55	Mike Cofer M. Cofer	LB	6'5"	245	4/7/1960	27	Tennessee
98	Jerome Davis J. Davis	DL	6'1"	260	2/27/1962	25	Ball State
84	Jerry Diorio J. Diorio	TE	6'3"	245	1/11/1962	25	Michigan
44	Tony Dollinger T. Dollinger	RB	5'11"	205	10/18/1962	25	Evangel
70	Keith Dorney K. Dorney	OL	6'5"	268	12/3/1957	30	Penn State
46	Stan Edwards S. Edwards	RB	6'0"	208	5/20/1960	27	Michigan
42	Gary Ellerson G. Ellerson	RB	5'11"	220	7/17/1963	24	Wisconsin
15	Russell Erxleben R. Erxleben	P	6'4"	223	1/13/1957	30	Texas
34	Creig Federico C. Federico	DB	6'2"	205	5/7/1963	24	Illinois State
63	Joe Felton J. Felton	OL	6'2"	266	10/16/1964	23	Albion
77	Keith Ferguson K. Ferguson	DL	6'5"	252	4/3/1959	28	Ohio State
25	Anthony Fields A. Fields	DB	6'1"	192	1/17/1964	23	Eastern Michigan
10	Brendan Folmar B. Folmar	QB	6'1"	200	4/2/1964	23	California (PA)
40	Duane Galloway D. Galloway	DB	5'8"	181	11/7/1961	26	Arizona State
79	Bill Gay B. Gay	DL	6'5"	250	5/28/1955	32	Southern California
71	Chris Geile C. Geile	OL	6'4"	305	4/14/1964	23	Eastern Illinois
98	Dennis Gibson D. Gibson	LB	6'2"	240	2/8/1964	23	Iowa State
81	Jimmie Giles J. Giles	TE	6'3"	239	11/8/1954	33	Alcorn State
53	Kevin Glover K. Glover	OL	6'2"	282	6/17/1963	24	Maryland
33	William Graham W. Graham	DB	5'11"	191	9/27/1959	28	Texas
62	Curtis Green C. Green	DL	6'3"	256	6/3/1957	30	Alabama State
34	James Griffin J. Griffin	DB	6'2"	197	9/7/1961	26	Middle Tennessee
80	Darrell Grymes D. Grymes	WR	6'2"	182	12/4/1961	26	Central State (OH)
35	Alvin Hall A. Hall	DB	5'10"	193	8/12/1958	29	Miami (OH)
23	Maurice Harvey M. Harvey	DB	5'10"	190	1/14/1956	31	Ball State
43	Ivan Hicks I. Hicks	DB	6'2"	185	6/30/1963	24	Michigan
94	Mark Hicks M. Hicks	LB	6'2"	225	11/7/1960	27	Arizona State
42	Steve Hirsch S. Hirsch	DB	6'0"	195	5/18/1962	25	Northern Illinois
18	Todd Hons T. Hons	QB	6'1"	195	9/5/1961	26	Arizona State
83	Melvin Hoover M. Hoover	WR	6'0"	185	9/21/1959	28	Arizona State
32	Garry James G. James	RB	5'10"	214	9/4/1963	24	Louisiana State
95	George Jamison G. Jamison	LB	6'1"	235	9/30/1962	25	Cincinnati
87	Gilvanni Johnson G. Johnson	WR	6'1"	195	9/12/1963	24	Michigan
77	Rick Johnson R. Johnson	OL	6'6"	255	12/12/1963	24	Grand Valley State
30	James Jones J. Jones	RB	6'2"	229	3/21/1961	26	Florida
87	Vyto Kab V. Kab	TE	6'5"	243	12/23/1959	28	Penn State
73	Jeff Kacmarek J. Kacmarek	DL	6'2"	240	4/12/1963	24	Western Michigan
92	Angelo King A. King	LB	6'1"	224	2/10/1958	29	South Carolina State
1	Matt Kinzer M. Kinzer	P	6'3"	225	6/17/1963	24	Purdue
64	Paul Kiser P. Kiser	OL	6'4"	272	11/19/1963	24	Wake Forest
30	Nick Kowgios N. Kowgios	RB	6'0"	216	11/19/1962	25	Lafayette
83	Gary Lee G. Lee	WR	6'1"	202	2/12/1965	22	Georgia Tech
81	Mark Lewis M. Lewis	TE	6'2"	239	5/5/1961	26	Texas A&M
50	Danny Lockett D. Lockett	LB	6'2"	239	7/11/1964	23	Arizona
16	Chuck Long C. Long	QB	6'4"	217	2/18/1963	24	Iowa
82	Pete Mandley P. Mandley	WR	5'10"	191	7/29/1961	26	Northern Arizona
57	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	LB	6'2"	233	10/25/1961	26	Arizona State
21	Bob McDonough B. McDonough	DB	6'1"	170	3/7/1963	24	California (PA)
97	George McDuffie G. McDuffie	DL	6'6"	270	1/20/1963	24	Findlay
29	Bruce McNorton B. McNorton	DB	5'11"	175	2/28/1959	28	Georgetown (KY)
74	Joe Milinichik J. Milinichik	OL	6'5"	300	3/30/1963	24	North Carolina State
14	John Misko J. Misko	P	6'5"	207	10/1/1954	33	Oregon State
52	Steve Mott S. Mott	OL	6'3"	266	3/24/1961	26	Alabama
3	Eddie Murray E. Murray	K	5'11"	195	8/29/1956	31	Tulane
86	Mark Nichols M. Nichols	WR	6'2"	210	10/29/1959	28	San Jose State
53	Tony Office T. Office	LB	6'2"	250	2/24/1960	27	Illinois State
67	Greg Orton G. Orton	OL	6'1"	265	8/9/1962	25	Nebraska
49	Tony Paige T. Paige	RB	5'10"	225	10/14/1962	25	Virginia Tech
19	Mike Prindle M. Prindle	K	5'9"	160	11/12/1963	24	Western Michigan
68	Jerry Quaerna J. Quaerna	OL	6'6"	275	10/9/1963	24	Michigan
87	Derrick Ramsey D. Ramsey	TE	6'4"	230	12/23/1956	31	Kentucky
51	Shelton Robinson S. Robinson	LB	6'2"	233	9/14/1960	27	North Carolina
60	Reggie Rogers R. Rogers	DL	6'6"	272	1/21/1964	23	Washington
93	Tim Ross T. Ross	LB	6'5"	225	12/27/1958	29	Bowling Green
84	Rob Rubick R. Rubick	TE	6'3"	232	9/27/1960	27	Grand Valley State
97	Dan Saleaumua D. Saleaumua	DL	6'0"	315	11/25/1964	23	Arizona State
73	Harvey Salem H. Salem	OL	6'6"	274	1/15/1961	26	California
64	Eric Sanders E. Sanders	OL	6'6"	255	10/22/1958	29	Nevada
28	Chris Sheffield C. Sheffield	DB	6'1"	193	1/9/1963	24	Albany State (GA)
41	Ricky Smith R. Smith	DB	6'0"	182	7/20/1960	27	Alabama State
60	Chuck Steele C. Steele	OL	6'1"	255	6/22/1964	23	California
71	Rich Strenger R. Strenger	OL	6'7"	280	3/10/1960	27	Michigan
44	Ivory Sully I. Sully	DB	6'0"	198	6/20/1957	30	Delaware
90	Robert Thompson R. Thompson	LB	6'3"	227	2/4/1960	27	Michigan
99	Stuart Tolle S. Tolle	DL	6'3"	265	2/7/1962	25	Bowling Green
45	Eric Truvillion E. Truvillion	WR	6'4"	205	6/18/1959	28	Florida A&M
72	Jim Warne J. Warne	OL	6'7"	315	11/27/1964	23	Arizona State
27	Bobby Watkins B. Watkins	DB	5'10"	184	5/31/1960	27	Texas State
31	Cleve Wester C. Wester	RB	5'8"	188	6/14/1964	23	Concordia-Moorhead
48,82	Mark Wheeler M. Wheeler	TE	6'2"	232	6/15/1964	23	Kentucky
76	Eric Williams E. Williams	DL	6'4"	260	2/24/1962	25	Washington State
23	Eric Williams E. Williams	DB	6'1"	188	2/21/1960	27	North Carolina State
59	Jimmy Williams J. Williams	LB	6'3"	230	11/15/1960	27	Nebraska
38	Scott Williams S. Williams	RB	6'2"	234	7/21/1962	25	Georgia
81	Mark Witte M. Witte	TE	6'3"	236	12/3/1959	28	North Texas
21	Butch Woolfolk B. Woolfolk	RB	6'1"	210	3/1/1960	27	Michigan

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NFL 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,707

Stafford

4,564

Goff

4,552

Prescott

Rush Yards Leaders

1,621

Cook

1,595

Henry

1,585

Taylor

Rec Yards Leaders

1,793

Smith-Njigba

1,715

Nacua

1,429

Pickens

Pass TD Leaders

46

Stafford

34

Goff

31

Maye

Rush TD Leaders

18

Taylor

16

Henry

14

Allen

Rec TD Leaders

14

Adams

11

McBride

11

St. Brown

QB Rating Leaders

113.5

Maye

109.2

Stafford

105.5

Goff

Sack Leaders

23.0

Garrett

16.5

Burns

15.0

Hunter

NFL 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

30.5

28.8

28.4

28.3

27.9

Opp PPG Rankings

17.2

17.4

18.3

18.8

19.1

19.3

Total Yards Rankings

394.6

391.9

379.4

376.3

373.2

369.5

Rush Yards Rankings

159.6

156.6

144.5

134.7

129.1

128.9

Pass Yards Rankings

278.5

276.9

268.6

262.3

256.1

254.0

Sack Leaders

68.0

57.0

53.0

49.0

48.0

NFL Fantasy 2025

Fantasy RB Rankings

316.3

Taylor

314.6

McCaffrey

291.8

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

246

Nacua

240.9

Smith-Njigba

207

St. Brown

Fantasy TE Rankings

189.9

McBride

125.1

Goedert

122.8

Pitts

Fantasy K Rankings

202

Myers

194

Fairbairn

187.6

Aubrey

NFL 2025 Betting

Best Record ATS

15-5

12-6

14-7

12-6-1

12-7

11-7

Worst Record ATS

5-12

5-12-1

6-11

7-10

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Patriots - y	14	3	0	.824
Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers - y	10	7	0	.588
Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars - y	13	4	0	.765
Texans - w	12	5	0	.706
Colts - e	8	9	0	.471
Titans - e	3	14	0	.176
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos - z*	14	3	0	.824
Chargers - w	11	6	0	.647
Chiefs - e	6	11	0	.353
Raiders - e	3	14	0	.176

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles - y	11	6	0	.647
Cowboys - e	7	9	1	.441
Commanders - e	5	12	0	.294
Giants - e	4	13	0	.235
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bears - y	11	6	0	.647
Packers - w	9	7	1	.559
Vikings - e	9	8	0	.529
Lions - e	9	8	0	.529
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers - y	8	9	0	.471
Buccaneers - e	8	9	0	.471
Falcons - e	8	9	0	.471
Saints - e	6	11	0	.353
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks - z*	14	3	0	.824
Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
49ers - w	12	5	0	.706
Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176