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Lions rookie suddenly becomes biggest X-factor after tough injury blow

Levi Onwuzurike’s 2025 season is already over. Dan Campbell confirmed Sunday that the former second-round pick tore his ACL and underwent surgery. He had been placed on the PUP list, but the update all but guarantees he’s finished for 2025—and maybe for good.

Onwuzurike signed a one-year deal this spring after finally putting together a healthy, productive 2024 campaign. But now, after already missing all of 2022 with a back injury, he’ll miss another full year. There’s no sugarcoating how brutal this is for a player trying to hang on, and for a team trying to stay healthy in the trenches.