Lions Placing RB Zach Zenner On IR With Back Injury

The Detroit Lions are placing RB Zach Zenner on injured reserve Saturday with a back injury, according to Dave Birkett.

As of now, the reported roster cuts for the Lions include:

1. CB Josh Okonye
2. OT Beau Nunn
3. WR Brian Brown
4. CB Sterling Moore
5. OL Jamar McGloster
6. DL Jeremiah Valoaga
7. DL Josh Fatu
8. TE Marcus Lucas
9. LB Chad Meredith
10. G John Montelus
11. WR Theo Redding
12. DT Christian Ringo
13. DE Jeremiah Valoaga
14. DE Cam Johnson
15. DB Dexter McDougle
16. WR Chris Lacy
17. CB Chris Jones
18. S Rolan Milligan
19. RB Dwayne Washington
20. C Wes Johnson

Zenner, 26, signed on with the Lions as an undrafted free agent out of South Dakota State back in 2015. He played out the final year of his three-year, $1.58 million contract but the Lions declined to tender him an offer as a restricted free agent and tested the market as an unrestricted free agent this offseason.

Detroit re-signed Zenner this offseason, but it appears they were not impressed enough to keep him around for the start of the season.

In 2017, Zenner appeared in eight games for the Lions and rushed for 26 yards on 14 carries (1.9 YPC) and scored one touchdown. He also contributed 62 kick return yards.