Just like for everyone else, the summer has to come to an end for the Detroit Lions. No more training camp and no more preseason. For some players, this is the end of football for them for a while until they can get another opportunity.

The Lions have to get down to 53 players on their roster by 6:00 PM on Sunday night, so the cuts are going to be flying in pretty fast. To help both you and us, we built this 2026 Detroit Lions cut tracker. We’ll keep you abreast of all moves the Lions make until they get to 53.

2026 Detroit Lions Cuts

• LB Troy Reeder per Dave Birkett
• TE Zach Horton per Nolan Bianchi
• Myles Adams per Nolan Bianchi
• DL Tyre West per Kevin Hilss
• WR Greg Dortch per Tom Pelisero
• CB Nick Whiteside per Nolan Bianchi
• Lions are waiving RB Trayveon Williams, per Dave Birkett
• Lions plan to waive DL Chris Smith, per Nolan Bianchi
• Lions are moving S Kerby Joseph to reserve/PUP, per Jeremy Fowler
• Lions are waiving OL Mason Miller, per Dave Birkett
• Lions are moving Brian Branch to reserve/PUP per Dave Birkett

Remaining Lions roster: 79

Quarterback

• Jared Goff
• Joshua Dobbs
• Luke Altmyer

Running back

• Jahmyr Gibbs
• Isiah Pacheco
• Sione Vaki
• Jacob Saylors
• Jabari Small
• Trayveon Williams
• Roydell Williams

Wide receiver

• Jameson Williams
• Dominic Lovett
• Malik Cunningham
• Tarik Black
• Amon-Ra St. Brown
• Greg Dortch
• Tom Kennedy
• Isaac TeSlaa
• Tay Martin
• Lucky Jackson

Tight end

• Sam LaPorta
• Brock Wright
• Tyler Conklin
• Jackson Meeks
• Thomas Gordon
• Zach Horton

Tackles

• Penei Sewell
• Blake Miller
• Larry Borom
• Colby Sorsdal
• Devin Cochran
• Giovanni Manu

Interior offensive linemen

• Christian Mahogany
• Miles Frazier
• Melvin Priestly
• Cade Mays
• Juice Scruggs
• Michael Niese
• Seth McLaughlin
• Tate Ratledge
• Ben Bartch
• Mason Miller
• Gus Hartwig

Defense

EDGE

• Aidan Hutchinson
• Derrick Moore
• Anthony Lucas
• Eric O’Neill
• DJ Wonnum
• Tyler Lacy
• Ahmed Hassanein
• Payton Turner

Defensive line

• Alim McNeill
• Levi Onwuzurike
• Mekhi Wingo
• Skyler Gill-Howard
• Ben Stille
• Tyleik Williams
• Chris Smith
• Myles Adams
• Tyre West

Linebacker

• Derrick Barnes
• Malcolm Rodriguez
• Troy Reeder
• Erick Hunter
• Amen Ogbongbemiga
• Jack Campbell
• Devin White
• Trevor Nowaske
• Jimmy Rolder
• Joe Bachie

Cornerback

• D.J. Reed
• Nick Whiteside
• Khalil Dorsey
• Bump Cooper Jr.
• Rock Ya-Sin
• Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
• Keith Abney II
• Ekow Boye-Doe

Nickel cornerback

• Roger McCreary
• Christian Izien
• Aamaris Brown

Safety

• Kerby Joseph
• Chuck Clark
• Thomas Harper
• Dan Jackson
• Brian Branch
• Avonte Maddox
• Jason Taylor II

Specialists

• Jake Bates
• Jack Fox
• Hogan Hatten

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