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Hooker, 27, appeared in three games last season, thanks to the Lions rolling to a couple of blowout victories. He completed six of nine pass attempts for 62 yards in those chances. But he lost his grip on the QB2 job in the playoffs, with Teddy Bridgewater coming out of retirement and re-taking his spot behind Jared Goff.
During his final year at Hillsdale College, he torched opposing defenses on his way to becoming the Great Midwest Athletic Conference’s Offensive Player of the Year, earning himself an opportunity to cut his teeth in the SEC at Arkansas and become a third-round pick by the Detroit Lions in April.
Wide receiver Jameson Williams will have a new number for the 2025 season and one of his coaches is predicting new heights for him on the field as well.
According to Bookies.com, the Lions will travel 11,411 miles over the course of the 2025 season, which is the fourth-fewest in the entire league. Only the Bills, Ravens and Bengals will travel less.
Jameson Williams had a breakout year in 2024, but according to multiple Detroit Lions coaches, he could be in store for another one in 2025.
Hooker is off to a "good start" in training camp, according to Lions QB coach Mark Brunell, but that he hasn't locked down the backup job yet. With a cloudy future in Detroit, it makes an awful lot of sense for a team like New Orleans, which has zero answers at QB after Derek Carr's retirement, to take a flyer on a once-heralded prospect.
The Saints are jugging some B-list quarterbacks and on the hunt for someone with experience. That's where Detroit comes in.
Former Arkansas wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa is already getting a dose of the NFL world that even hits third-round picks. The