Detroit Lions| Stats | Schedule | Roster | Injuries | Transactions |
| No. | Player | Position | Height | Weight | Born | Experience | College |
| 4 | Hanson, Jason | K | 6'0" | 190 | 06/17/1970 | 19 | Washington State |
| 31 | Bly, Dre' | CB | 5'10" | 188 | 05/22/1977 | 12 | North Carolina |
| 68 | Jansen, Jon | T | 6'6" | 297 | 01/28/1976 | 12 | Michigan |
| 95 | DeVries, Jared | DE | 6'4" | 275 | 06/11/1976 | 11 | Iowa |
| 86 | Northcutt, Dennis | WR | 5'11" | 172 | 12/22/1977 | 11 | Arizona |
| 59 | Peterson, Julian | LB | 6'3" | 240 | 07/28/1978 | 11 | Michigan State |
| 76 | Backus, Jeff | T | 6'5" | 305 | 09/21/1977 | 10 | Michigan |
| 2 | Harris, Nick | P | 6'2" | 218 | 07/23/1978 | 10 | California |
| 51 | Raiola, Dominic | C | 6'1" | 295 | 12/30/1978 | 10 | Nebraska |
| 93 | Vanden Bosch, Kyle | DE | 6'4" | 278 | 11/17/1978 | 10 | Nebraska |
| 14 | Hill, Shaun | QB | 6'3" | 220 | 01/09/1980 | 9 | Maryland |
| 40 | Manuel, Marquand | S | 6'0" | 213 | 07/11/1979 | 9 | Florida |
| 28 | Morris, Maurice | RB | 5'11" | 216 | 12/01/1979 | 9 | Oregon |
| 21 | Wesley, Dante | CB | 6'1" | 210 | 04/05/1979 | 9 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
| 13 | Burleson, Nate | WR | 6'0" | 198 | 08/19/1981 | 8 | Nevada |
| 46 | Ciurciu, Vinny | LB | 6'0" | 240 | 05/02/1980 | 8 | Boston College |
| 89 | Heller, Will | TE | 6'6" | 270 | 02/28/1981 | 8 | Georgia Tech |
| 80 | Johnson, Bryant | WR | 6'3" | 211 | 03/07/1981 | 8 | Penn State |
| 55 | Johnson, Landon | LB | 6'2" | 232 | 03/13/1981 | 7 | Purdue |
| 48 | Muhlbach, Don | C | 6'4" | 265 | 08/17/1981 | 7 | Texas A&M |
| 99 | Williams, Corey | DT | 6'4" | 320 | 08/17/1980 | 7 | Arkansas State |
| 41 | Brown, C.C. | S | 6'0" | 208 | 01/27/1983 | 6 | Louisiana-Lafayette |
| 65 | Gandy, Dylan | C | 6'3" | 290 | 03/08/1982 | 6 | Texas Tech |
| 29 | King, Eric | CB | 5'10" | 185 | 05/10/1982 | 6 | Wake Forest |
| 66 | Peterman, Stephen | G | 6'4" | 323 | 01/11/1982 | 6 | LSU |
| 38 | Dorsey, DeDe | RB | 5'11" | 203 | 08/01/1984 | 5 | Lindenwood |
| 97 | Hunter, Jason | DE | 6'4" | 271 | 08/28/1983 | 5 | Appalachian State |
| 83 | Scheffler, Tony | TE | 6'5" | 250 | 02/15/1983 | 5 | Western Michigan |
| 67 | Sims, Rob | G | 6'3" | 312 | 12/06/1983 | 5 | Ohio State |
| 27 | Bullocks, Daniel | S | 6'0" | 213 | 02/28/1983 | 4 | Nebraska |
| 87 | Clark, Brian | WR | 6'2" | 204 | 12/26/1983 | 4 | North Carolina State |
| 78 | Hilliard, Corey | T | 6'6" | 300 | 04/26/1985 | 4 | Oklahoma State |
| 23 | Houston, Chris | CB | 5'11" | 175 | 10/18/1984 | 4 | Arkansas |
| 81 | Johnson, Calvin | WR | 6'5" | 235 | 09/25/1985 | 4 | Georgia Tech |
| 75 | McBride, Turk | DE | 6'2" | 278 | 05/30/1985 | 4 | Tennessee |
| 63 | Ramirez, Manny | G | 6'3" | 335 | 02/13/1983 | 4 | Texas Tech |
| 30 | Simpson, Ko | S | 6'1" | 202 | 11/09/1983 | 4 | South Carolina |
| 5 | Stanton, Drew | QB | 6'3" | 230 | 05/07/1984 | 4 | Michigan State |
| 41 | Wade, Jonathan | CB | 5'10" | 195 | 03/27/1984 | 4 | Tennessee |
| 25 | White, Marvin | S | 6'1" | 199 | 12/05/1983 | 4 | TCU |
| 92 | Avril, Cliff | DE | 6'3" | 251 | 04/08/1986 | 3 | Purdue |
| 94 | Bryan, Copeland | DE | 6'4" | 253 | 07/14/1983 | 3 | Arizona |
| 77 | Cherilus, Gosder | T | 6'7" | 318 | 06/28/1984 | 3 | Boston College |
| 98 | Cohen, Landon | DT | 6'3" | 272 | 08/03/1986 | 3 | Ohio |
| 60 | Cohen, Joe | DT | 6'2" | 310 | 06/06/1984 | 3 | Florida |
| 57 | Dizon, Jordon | LB | 6'0" | 225 | 01/16/1986 | 3 | Colorado |
| 45 | Felton, Jerome | RB | 6'0" | 247 | 07/03/1986 | 3 | Furman |
| 96 | Fluellen, Andre | DT | 6'2" | 296 | 03/07/1985 | 3 | Florida State |
| 74 | Schuening, Roy | G | 6'3" | 315 | 04/08/1984 | 3 | Oregon State |
| 34 | Smith, Kevin | RB | 6'1" | 211 | 12/17/1986 | 3 | UCF |
| 31 | Williams, Jack | CB | 5'9" | 186 | 03/27/1985 | 3 | Kent State |
| 71 | Barton, Kirk | T | 6'4" | 305 | 11/04/1984 | 2 | Ohio State |
| 21 | Brown, Aaron | RB | 6'1" | 196 | 10/10/1985 | 2 | TCU |
| 26 | Delmas, Louis | S | 6'0" | 202 | 04/12/1987 | 2 | Western Michigan |
| 69 | Douzable, Leger | DT | 6'4" | 305 | 05/31/1986 | 2 | UCF |
| 49 | Follett, Zack | LB | 6'0" | 236 | 07/03/1987 | 2 | California |
| 18 | Fowler, Eric | WR | 6'3" | 198 | 10/17/1984 | 2 | Grand Valley State |
| 79 | Hill, Sammie | DT | 6'4" | 270 | 11/08/1986 | 2 | Stillman |
| 54 | Levy, DeAndre | LB | 6'3" | 228 | 03/26/1987 | 2 | Wisconsin |
| 85 | Nordin, Jake | TE | 6'3" | 255 | 07/08/1984 | 2 | Northern Illinois |
| 58 | Palmer, Ashlee | LB | 6'1" | 236 | 04/07/1986 | 2 | Mississippi |
| 84 | Pettigrew, Brandon | TE | 6'5" | 263 | 02/23/1985 | 2 | Oklahoma State |
| 9 | Stafford, Matthew | QB | 6'2" | 225 | 02/07/1988 | 2 | Georgia |
| 12 | Williams, Derrick | WR | 6'0" | 194 | 07/06/1986 | 2 | Penn State |
| 47 | Campbell, Caleb | LB | 6'2" | 237 | 09/14/1984 | 1 | Army |
| 63 | Canfield, Trevor | G | 6'5" | 307 | 01/10/1986 | 1 | Cincinnati |
| 64 | Gerberry, Dan | C | 6'3" | 292 | 11/10/1985 | 1 | Ball State |
| 47 | Gronkowski, Dan | TE | 6'6" | 255 | 01/21/1985 | 1 | Maryland |
| 44 | Hefney, Jonathan | CB | 5'9" | 185 | 02/27/1985 | 1 | Tennessee |
| 40 | Berry, Aaron | CB | 5'11" | 180 | 06/25/1988 | R | Pittsburgh |
| -- | Best, Jahvid | RB | 5'10" | 195 | 01/30/1989 | R | California |
| 61 | Callaway, Robert | DT | 6'5" | 312 | 02/14/1988 | R | Saginaw Valley |
| -- | Campbell, Lee | LB | 6'3" | 256 | 08/11/1988 | R | Minnesota |
| 35 | Clapp, Matt | RB | 6'2" | 246 | 12/06/1986 | R | Oklahoma |
| 46 | Dickson, Richard | TE | 6'2" | 245 | 11/17/1987 | R | LSU |
| -- | Fox, Jason | T | 6'7" | 310 | R | Miami (FL) | |
| -- | Hester, Jessie | WR | 6'0" | 180 | 11/01/1986 | R | South Florida |
| -- | Hicks, Mike | T | 6'6" | 321 | 09/24/1986 | R | Connecticut |
| -- | Higdon, Aaron | RB | 5'8" | 180 | R | Charleston Univ | |
| 28 | Moore, Mike | WR | 6'2" | 210 | 04/06/1986 | R | Georgia |
| 16 | Parks, Contrevious | WR | 5'10" | 190 | 02/21/1988 | R | Stephen F. Austin |
| 6 | Pettrey, Aaron | K | 6'2" | 199 | 06/17/1986 | R | Ohio State |
| -- | Phillips, Randy | S | 6'0" | 210 | 09/14/1986 | R | Miami (FL) |
| -- | Spievey, Amari | CB | 6'0" | 190 | 04/15/1988 | R | Iowa |
| -- | Stamper, Ryan | LB | 6'2" | 235 | 02/16/1987 | R | Florida |
| -- | Suh, Ndamukong | DT | 6'4" | 300 | 01/06/1987 | R | Nebraska |
| -- | Toone, Tim | WR | 5'10" | 165 | 02/14/1985 | R | Weber State |
| -- | Young, Willie | LB | 6'5" | 243 | 09/19/1985 | R | North Carolina State |
| -- | Ihekwoaba, Chima | DE | 6'3" | 260 | R |