{"id":17496,"date":"2025-03-15T15:48:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T15:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=17496"},"modified":"2025-03-15T15:48:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T15:48:36","slug":"breaking-news-detroit-lions-adding-veteran-tight-end-to-mix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=17496","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Detroit Lions adding veteran tight end to mix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/resizer\/v2\/623VLYDQRZDZJBLQTH7MJKR3PA.jpg?auth=b6b0f494a6aa6f0c39010a0985150a1cd96ee5755c00de9cd8efa2408bb286ee&amp;width=500&amp;quality=90\" alt=\"NFL Week 16: New York Jets vs. Washington Commanders\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New York Jets tight end Kenny Yeboah (88) gets the crowd going during the first half against the Washington Commanders, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023 East Rutherford, N.J.\u00a0<span class=\"article__mm-image-credit\">Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"3KJK7WXHJZH5LFD7Q7KSU2DQPY\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The Detroit Lions are signing veteran tight end Kenny Yeboah away from the New York Jets to a one-year deal.<\/p>\n<p id=\"IMUUUY4LPNC2VCPNNQIBF3IRLA\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Yeboah\u2019s signing was first reported by the Detroit Free Press, and the tight end was retweeting news of his move to the Lions on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p id=\"N5RXIJHW45EGNNEEX4TT2GZAWA\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The 26-year-old went undrafted out of Mississippi back in 2021. Yeboah has only nine career catches, playing between a rotational role and special teams in New York. The 6-foot-4, 250-pounder had five catches for 47 yards and one touchdown last season, playing 106 offensive snaps and another 169 on special teams.<\/p>\n<p id=\"AHHDADZH2FDBRLQ74ZTVTHAXWY\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Detroit had a quiet need for tight end depth entering free agency and draft season. Sam LaPorta and Brock Wright are the undisputed one-two punch, but James Mitchell has since landed in Carolina and veteran Shane Zylstra remains a free agent.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3O6MJ3GV65CHNHBUSU5HYJ5R34\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">LaPorta is one of the top tight ends in the league, with 1,615 yards and 17 touchdowns through his first two seasons. Wright is a trusted second option, who has proven able to handle the dirty work.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4DGGVGUW3VF7LIPKWS22B5E2GY\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Yeboah adds some size and youth to the room, with more than enough experience to battle for a spot in the rotation and on special teams. It wouldn\u2019t be surprising to see the Lions add Zylstra back to the roster, while also considering developmental options in the draft.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SHEESH, KENNY YEBOAH WITH THE HAIL MARY CATCH \ud83e\udd32 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ouysZZSjKa\">pic.twitter.com\/ouysZZSjKa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PFF College (@PFF_College) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PFF_College\/status\/1431459097744920580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Jets tight end Kenny Yeboah (88) gets the crowd going during the first half against the Washington Commanders, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023 East Rutherford, N.J.\u00a0Andrew&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-detroit-lions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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