Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that Lions DT Joel Heath suffered a torn ACL and is out for the season.
According to Pelissero, this was an “unfortunate freak injury” for Heath, as he was doing bag drills in an individual period when he went down.
You can expect the Lions to place Heath on injured reserve and add someone to their roster in the coming days.
Heath, 27, signed with the Texans in 2016 as an undrafted free agent out of Michigan State. He played out the final year of his rookie contract before returning to Houston this past March on a one-year, $1.6 million restricted deal.
Unfortunately, the Texans waived Heath coming out of the preseason and he was on and off of their roster before eventually being claimed by the Broncos.
Health returned to Denver for the 2020 season before signing a futures contract with the Lions this past February.
For his career, Heath has appeared in 32 games for the Texans and recorded 34 tackles and three sacks over the course of four seasons.
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