Lions Announce Undrafted Rookie Free Agent Signings

by Sean Yuille on May 1, 2009 1:31 PM EDT in Roster Comment 19 comments

The Lions announced that they have signed five undrafted rookie free agents:

WR Demir Boldin
C Dan Gerberry
DT John Gill
LB Andrew Downey
K Swayze Waters

Neither Otis Wiley nor Daniel Holtzclaw is on this list, so I'm not exactly sure what happened to them. There was never any official confirmation about either player, but multiple outlets reported the Wiley signing, so I'm not exactly sure what's up.

UPDATE: The players signed aren't the only ones attending the camp. There are other rookies attending on a tryout basis, so that is probably what happened to Wiley and Holtzclaw.

UPDATE II: You can now find a list of "rookie orientation tryout players" by clicking the link at the top of the story. Daniel Holtzclaw is on the list, but Otis Wiley is not.

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This is confusing...

Holtzclaw I kind of figured was just a rumor, but I thought Wiley was signed, according to what he told reporters. I’ll be kinda pissed if that fell through.

by AZ Yooper on May 1, 2009 1:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Holtzclaw has a Lions logo for his facebook profile pic.

Theyre probably invited to mini camp, and that’s it.

by BIGWalt2990 on May 1, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

A lot of players at the camp will only get weekend pay, we'll know by tuesday

by Runnin' Rebel on May 1, 2009 1:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Holtzclaw

It will suck if Holtzclaw didn’t sign, Schwartz has been speaking highly of Levy so maybe it could be a strong pointer that Levy might be the guy…

by msivits on May 1, 2009 1:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I think so

And to be honest, the more I hear Schwartz rave about Levy, the more excited I get to see him play.

by AZ Yooper on May 1, 2009 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just don't see it...

I saw (or didn’t notice) him play again MSU. I had never heard of him before and I would think that such a promising prospect would have some sort of reputation, besides being projected in the 6th round. The only badger I’d heard about was Jonathan Casillas.

by damnitdamnitdamnit on May 1, 2009 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Great tackler.....

……great to the ball speed…..Great Instincts……I trust Schwatyz…..he knows Defense…..Hes knows Linebackers

by BennieBladesFan on May 1, 2009 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

6'2 236lbs runs a 4.6 40 he got the size...

would still like to see Holtzclaw get a shot though…

by msivits on May 1, 2009 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just wait...

We’ll be able to get Foote

by ZWC11 on May 1, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Great, the one guy [Holtzclaw] I really wanted to see get a shot may not get one.

I know nothing is/was confirmed but I have a hard time understanding the logic of NOT having any competition for the MLB job.

I must confess though, I have not run an NFL team or even coached one for that matter, so I might be slightly naive of the way things actually work there.

by NorthLeft12 on May 1, 2009 2:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

On Wiley and others not listed as 'signed'....

Check out the last couple paragraphs of this article from the Detroit site….

http://www.detroitlions.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=484252

by CLF on May 1, 2009 2:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Nice find

I guess these other guys weren’t actually signed, but will be at the camp.

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by Sean Yuille on May 1, 2009 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Checking the transactions page...

LINKY<<<<<<<<<<

I don’t see Wiley on the the list of “2009 Rookie ORientation Tryout Players”.

No. Name Pos Ht Wt Exp College
6 Justin Goltz QB 6-5 220 R Occidental
21 Gerald Riggs, Jr. RB 5-11 229 1 Tennessee
23 Antone Smith RB 5-8 191 R Florida State
28 Bradley Pruitt CB 6-1 195 R Northern Illinois
29 Leslie Majors CB 5-9 168 1 Indiana
36 Marcus Demps S 6-0 198 1 San Diego State
44 Marcus Parson CB 5-9 186 R Ohio
45 Johnell Neal CB 5-10 183 R Central Florida
46 Bret White LS 5-11 240 R Georgia Tech
50 Chris Kemme T 6-6 306 R Akron
52 Ben Person G 6-4 302 R Ohio State
53 Cliff Ramsey G 6-6 299 R Boston College
57 Jovan Olafioye T 6-4 321 R N. Carolina Central
58 Steve Jonas G 6-4 307 R Colgate
59 Dylan Thiry T 6-7 328 1 Northwestern
61 Ryan Kees DE 6-5 277 R St. Cloud State
67 Ricky Hope DE 6-1 250 R Texas A&M-Commerce
69 Chris Murphy DE 6-2 284 R Gannon
73 Chris Gaddis C 6-1 300 1 Villanova
78 Marcus Smith DT 6-2 260 1 Texas A&M-Commerce
80 Ernest Jackson WR 6-2 215 R Buffalo
83 Sean Bailey WR 6-0 184 1 Georgia
89 Will Judson WR 5-7 162 R Illinois
90 Daniel Holtzclaw LB 6-1 242 R Eastern Michigan
98 Spenser Smith LB 6-1 237 R Eastern Michigan

by CLF on May 1, 2009 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Looks like they just added it

Interesting.

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by Sean Yuille on May 1, 2009 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, at least we have confirmation that Holtzclaw is there this weekend

There’s a bright spot. Still though, no mention of Wiley? Odd.

by AZ Yooper on May 1, 2009 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wasn't there an article in the Freep?

I thought there was a big write up on MSU Otis Wiley, he’s been on other published lists, as well. Holtzclaw too, but I see him on this list. I read an article, with jim Shwartz, saying there were 8 UDFAs & a number of UDFAs with invitation (to tryout). hmm…

by LTownDown on May 1, 2009 2:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

freep also had a “top story” on their website about Braylon possibly being gay too. Then they took it off a bit later. I don’t think there’s much of an editor over there…

by BIGWalt2990 on May 1, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs