It's not often that you see a Detroit Lions rookie break through on the teams' defense. It's such a talented and deep unit that you more often see rookies get relegated to the practice squad, waiting for their number to be called if necessary throughout the season.
It's what's made seeing rookie safety Ian Kennelly get another start in Week 3 of the Lions' preseason mean so much. Kennelly, who was an undrafted free agent signed by Detroit this offseason to a three year, $2.975 million dollar deal, has clearly impressed enough in training camp and in his last start to warrant another over veteran safeties Loren Strickland and Erick Hallett.