Lions great comes out of retirement to help in playoff push: reports

The Detroit Lions received a large boost to their discourtesy connected Wednesday.

Four-time Pro Bowl halfway Frank Ragnow came retired of status and is rejoining the team, per aggregate reports. The Lions seemingly confirmed the reports by posting a representation of Ragnow moving retired of the passageway to societal media. 

Ragnow, 29, abruptly retired from the squad successful June. He posted to societal media that helium had tried to person himself helium was acceptable to play, but said it was alternatively clip to prioritize his health. He had spent his full seven-year vocation with the Lions aft being drafted by the squad successful the archetypal circular of the 2018 NFL Draft. 

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Frank Ragnow (77) of the Detroit Lions looks connected during an NFL shot crippled against the San Francisco 49ers astatine Levi's Stadium successful Santa Clara, California, connected Dec. 30, 2024. (Michael Owens/Getty Images)

"I person fixed this squad everything I person and I thought I had much to give, but the world is I simply don’t," Ragnow said successful a June Instagram post. "I person to perceive to my assemblage and this has been 1 of the hardest decisions of my life."

"These past mates of months person been precise trying arsenic I've travel to the realization that my shot travel is ending and I'm officially retiring from the NFL," Ragnow continued. "The Lions enactment has been perfectly unthinkable passim this process and I can't stress this capable however grateful I americium for this squad and each the fans. It was an implicit grant going to conflict for you all."

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Detroit Lions halfway Frank Ragnow (77) lukewarm up earlier the crippled betwixt the Detroit Lions and Buffalo Bills astatine Ford Field successful Detroit connected Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (Junfu Han/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Following the 2021 season, Lions wide manager Brad Holmes made Ragnow the league’s highest-paid halfway astatine the clip with a four-year, $54 cardinal contract. 

The halfway made the Pro Bowl successful consecutive seasons aft signing the declaration arsenic helium remained 1 of the champion centers successful the athletics contempt battling injuries passim his career. The declaration helium signed runs done the 2026 season, truthful erstwhile helium returns to Detroit, his woody remains successful place. 

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If a subordinate is connected the club’s reserve-retired list, helium has to beryllium reinstated earlier the team’s Week 13 crippled successful bid to play this season, according to ESPN. With the Lions playing connected Thanksgiving against the Green Bay Packers, Wednesday was the last time Ragnow could person returned and beryllium eligible to play. 

Ragnow’s instrumentality is simply a immense boost to the 7–4 Lions, who are presently 3rd successful the NFC North. It is unclear erstwhile Ragnow volition marque his 2025 play debut. 

The Lions play the Packers astatine 1 p.m. ET time connected FOX. 

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