Allen Park — Following a disappointing rookie season, the Detroit Lions had high hopes for second-year defensive tackle Levi Onwuzurike. Instead, the reaggravation of a back injury suffered in the early days of training camp will end his season.
Lions coach Dan Campbell announced Monday that Onwuzurike had back surgery last week, which will put the young lineman on the shelf for the remainder of the 2022 campaign.
"That's a little bit of a gut punch," Campbell said. "...Hopefully this (surgery) certainly helps. It's a last resort, you know? But he felt like that's where he needed to go with it.