Detroit Lions: Battling it out for the fifth wide receiver spot
Teo Redding
Redding is a smaller school prospect, signing as an undrafted free agent out of Bowling Green State University. He had numerous spectacular catches throughout his collegiate career and dominated all throughout the MAC conference.
Redding has solid hands and is especially good at making contested catches, as many of his highlights in college came in tight windows. It helps that he is a tremendous athlete with a big body.
Teo Redding may have the best shot of making the #Lions roster despite a deep WR group. Though the first three spots are locked, and the 4th likely is as well, Lions are likely to carry 5 and that spot is very much up for grabs. #RAS pic.twitter.com/if1XUtHYZ9
— Kent Lee Platte (@MathBomb) May 10, 2018
Early on in Lions OTAs Redding has already become a candidate for this year’s training camp cinderella story, making spectacular catches in traffic and on jump balls.
On top of all this, Redding still only stands at 181 pounds and has room to add some muscle to his frame. If he can do so, the Lions may have gotten a real steal in Redding.
In the meantime, Redding looks to be right on the roster bubble in contention for that fifth spot. He’ll need to prove his worth in training camp to stick to the 53-man roster, but if he can’t then Redding should likely make the practice squad.