2008 Detroit Lions Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 0-16
Finishing 4th in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Rod Marinelli (0-16)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
2008 Detroit Lions StatisticsTeam Record: 0-16
Finishing 4th in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Rod Marinelli (0-16)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
2008 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 2008 season with a record of 0 wins and 16 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference.
Detroit netted 268 points, while the leaky defense conceded 517, most in the league. Dan Orlovsky threw for 1,616 yards. Calvin Johnson hauled in 78 balls for 1,331 yards.
Kevin Smith rushed for a team-leading 976 yards for the Lions.
Dewayne White sacked quarterbacks 6.5 times.
Rod Marinelli coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | Ikaika Alama-Francis | DE | December 4, 1984 | 6'5" | 280 | Hawaii | Kane'ohe, HI USA | 13 | 2 |
| 42 | Gerald Alexander | DB | June 28, 1984 | 6'0" | 210 | Boise St. | Los Angeles, CA USA | 5 | 1 |
| 92 | Cliff Avril | DE | April 8, 1986 | 6'3" | 252 | Purdue | Orange Park, FL USA | 15 | 4 |
| 76 | Jeff Backus | LT | September 21, 1977 | 6'5" | 305 | Michigan | Midland, MI USA | 16 | 16 |
| 30 | Darian Barnes | FB | February 29, 1980 | 6'2" | 250 | Rutgers | Toms River, NJ USA | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | Darnell Bing | DB,LB | September 10, 1984 | 6'2" | 220 | USC | Long Beach, CA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Leigh Bodden | RCB | September 24, 1981 | 6'1" | 195 | Duquesne | Hyattsville, MD USA | 16 | 15 |
| 27 | Daniel Bullocks | SS | February 28, 1983 | 6'0" | 210 | Nebraska | Chattanooga, TN USA | 16 | 15 |
| 89 | Daniel Campbell | TE | April 13, 1976 | 6'5" | 263 | Texas A&M | Clifton, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | Anthony Cannon | LB | December 31, 1984 | 5'10" | 226 | Tulane | Pensacola, FL USA | 9 | 0 |
| 36 | Aveion Cason | RB | July 12, 1979 | 5'10" | 204 | Illinois St. | St. Petersburg, FL USA | 7 | 0 |
| 77 | Gosder Cherilus | RT | June 28, 1984 | 6'7" | 315 | Boston Col. | , Haiti | 16 | 13 |
| 75 | Shaun Cody | RDT | January 22, 1983 | 6'4" | 292 | USC | Whittier, CA USA | 16 | 5 |
| 98 | Landon Cohen | DT | June 17, 1985 | 6'3" | 274 | Ohio | Spartanburg, SC USA | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | Keary Colbert | WR | May 21, 1982 | 6'1" | 200 | USC | Oxnard, CA USA | 4 | 3 |
| 74 | Damion Cook | G | April 16, 1979 | 6'5" | 335 | Bethune-Cookman | Nashville, TN USA | 7 | 4 |
| 11 | Daunte Culpepper | QB | January 28, 1977 | 6'4" | 264 | Central Florida | Ocala, FL USA | 5 | 5 |
| 91 | Chartric Darby | NT | October 22, 1975 | 6'0" | 270 | South Carolina St. | North, SC USA | 15 | 15 |
| 95 | Jared DeVries | LDE | June 11, 1976 | 6'4" | 272 | Iowa | Aplington, IA USA | 10 | 10 |
| 57 | Jordon Dizon | LB | January 16, 1986 | 6'0" | 228 | Colorado | Kauai, HI USA | 12 | 0 |
| 45 | Jerome Felton | FB | July 3, 1986 | 6'0" | 246 | Furman | Duren, West Germany | 13 | 6 |
| 21 | Travis Fisher | RCB | September 12, 1979 | 5'10" | 189 | Central Florida | Tallahassee, FL USA | 14 | 8 |
| 82 | Casey Fitzsimmons | TE | October 10, 1980 | 6'4" | 258 | Carroll (MT) | Wolf Point, MT USA | 14 | 1 |
| 96 | Andre Fluellen | DT | March 7, 1985 | 6'2" | 285 | Florida St. | Cartersville, GA USA | 8 | 2 |
| 72 | George Foster | T | June 9, 1980 | 6'5" | 338 | Georgia | Macon, GA USA | 4 | 3 |
| 87 | Mike Furrey | DB | May 12, 1977 | 6'0" | 185 | Ohio St. | Grove City, OH USA | 9 | 2 |
| 86 | Michael Gaines | TE | March 30, 1980 | 6'3" | 280 | Central Florida | Tallahassee, FL USA | 16 | 6 |
| 54 | Gilbert Gardner | LB | May 9, 1982 | 6'1" | 228 | Purdue | Angleton, TX USA | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Jason Hanson | K | June 17, 1970 | 5'11" | 182 | Washington St. | Spokane, WA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 2 | Nick Harris | P | July 23, 1978 | 6'2" | 218 | California | Phoenix, AZ USA | 16 | 0 |
| 12 | Drew Henson | QB | February 13, 1980 | 6'4" | 233 | Michigan | San Diego, CA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | LaMarcus Hicks | DB | April 15, 1983 | 6'0" | 189 | Iowa St. | Clarksdale, MS USA | 7 | 0 |
| 80 | Adam Jennings | WR | November 17, 1982 | 5'9" | 181 | Fresno St. | Granite Bay, CA USA | 7 | 0 |
| 81 | Calvin Johnson | WR | September 25, 1985 | 6'5" | 239 | Georgia Tech | Tyrone, GA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 32 | Rudi Johnson | RB | October 1, 1979 | 5'10" | 220 | Auburn | Petersburg, VA USA | 14 | 4 |
| 25 | Brian Kelly | LCB | January 14, 1976 | 5'11" | 193 | USC | Las Vegas, NV USA | 11 | 10 |
| 8 | Jon Kitna | QB | September 21, 1972 | 6'2" | 220 | Central Washington | Tacoma, WA USA | 4 | 4 |
| 53 | Paris Lenon | MLB | November 26, 1977 | 6'2" | 240 | Richmond | Lynchburg, VA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 59 | Alex Lewis | LB | June 11, 1981 | 6'0" | 237 | Wisconsin | Delran, NJ USA | 11 | 4 |
| 67 | Andy McCollum | C | June 2, 1970 | 6'4" | 300 | Toledo | Akron, OH USA | 12 | 4 |
| 84 | Shaun McDonald | PR | June 13, 1981 | 5'10" | 183 | Arizona St. | Phoenix, AZ USA | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | Brandon Middleton | KR | January 2, 1981 | 5'11" | 190 | Houston | Houston, TX USA | 8 | 0 |
| 79 | Langston Moore | DT | July 17, 1981 | 6'1" | 303 | South Carolina | Charleston, SC USA | 9 | 0 |
| 48 | Don Muhlbach | C | August 17, 1981 | 6'5" | 262 | Texas A&M | Newark, OH USA | 16 | 0 |
| 64 | Edwin Mulitalo | LG | September 1, 1974 | 6'3" | 345 | Arizona | Daly City, CA USA | 11 | 11 |
| 55 | Ryan Nece | LLB | February 24, 1979 | 6'3" | 224 | UCLA | San Bernardino, CA USA | 16 | 10 |
| 44 | Moran Norris | FB | June 16, 1978 | 6'1" | 250 | Kansas | Houston, TX USA | 11 | 8 |
| 6 | Dan Orlovsky | QB | August 18, 1983 | 6'5" | 230 | Connecticut | Bridgeport, CT USA | 10 | 7 |
| 83 | John Owens | TE | January 10, 1980 | 6'3" | 266 | Notre Dame | Washington, DC USA | 16 | 7 |
| 24 | Kalvin Pearson | FS | October 22, 1978 | 5'10" | 190 | Morehouse | Town Creek, AL USA | 16 | 10 |
| 66 | Stephen Peterman | RG | January 11, 1982 | 6'4" | 318 | LSU | Gulfport, MS USA | 14 | 14 |
| 51 | Dominic Raiola | C | December 30, 1978 | 6'1" | 295 | Nebraska | Honolulu, HI USA | 12 | 12 |
| 63 | Manuel Ramirez | G | February 19, 1983 | 6'3" | 326 | Texas Tech | Houston, TX USA | 4 | 3 |
| 78 | Cory Redding | RDT | November 15, 1980 | 6'4" | 285 | Texas | Houston, TX USA | 13 | 12 |
| 33 | Chris Roberson | DB | June 3, 1983 | 5'11" | 185 | East. Michigan | Farmington Hills, MI USA | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Ramzee Robinson | DB | February 20, 1984 | 5'9" | 183 | Alabama | Huntsville, AL USA | 13 | 0 |
| 39 | Stuart Schweigert | DB | June 21, 1981 | 6'1" | 208 | Purdue | Saginaw, MI USA | 6 | 0 |
| 50 | Ernie Sims | RLB | December 23, 1984 | 6'0" | 225 | Florida St. | Tallahassee, FL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 93 | Corey Smith | DE | October 2, 1979 | 6'2" | 250 | North Carolina St. | Richmond, VA USA | 12 | 3 |
| 26 | Dwight Smith | SS | August 13, 1978 | 5'10" | 201 | Akron | Detroit, MI USA | 10 | 7 |
| 23 | Keith Smith | DB | March 20, 1980 | 5'11" | 192 | McNeese St. | Leesville, LA USA | 10 | 0 |
| 34 | Kevin Smith | RB | December 17, 1986 | 6'0" | 210 | Central Florida | Miami, FL USA | 16 | 12 |
| 16 | John Standeford | WR | April 15, 1982 | 6'4" | 206 | Purdue | Monrovia, IN USA | 9 | 4 |
| 5 | Drew Stanton | QB | May 7, 1984 | 6'3" | 236 | Michigan St. | Okemos, MI USA | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Marcus Thomas | RB | May 28, 1984 | 6'2" | 215 | Texas-El Paso | Phoenix, AZ USA | 3 | 0 |
| 99 | Dewayne White | RDE | October 19, 1979 | 6'2" | 273 | Louisville | Marbury, AL USA | 12 | 11 |
| 11 | Roy Williams | WR | December 20, 1981 | 6'4" | 210 | Texas | Odessa, TX USA | 5 | 4 |
| 30 | Dexter Wynn | DB | February 25, 1981 | 5'9" | 177 | Colorado St. | Sumter, SC USA | 2 | 0 |
