Lions Place DL Joel Heath On Injured Reserve

The Detroit Lions officially placed DL Joel Heath on injured reserve Thursday, per Aaron Wilson.

Joel Heath

This comes a day after the news that Heath suffered a torn ACL during practice this week.

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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