Lions roster for rookie minicamp includes 51 players

The roster for this weekend's Detroit Lions rookie minicamp is out (via MLive), and it is quite lengthy. There are a total of 51 players set to attend the minicamp, 28 of whom are either under contract or are unsigned draft picks. The other 23 players were invited on a tryout basis, and they will try to earn a contract offer over the course of the weekend.

Here's the full list:

Previously joined Lions

• RB Steven Miller (Appalachian State)
• WR Corey Fuller (Virginia Tech)
  
• TE Jordan Thompson (Ohio)
• OT J.B. Shugarts (Ohio State)
• OG Darren Keyton (Central Michigan)
  
• DE Kourtnei Brown (Clemson)
• DT Xavier Proctor (North Carolina Central)
• CB Aaron Hester (UCLA)

Draft picks

• TE Eric Ebron (North Carolina)
• OLB Kyle Van Noy (BYU)
• C Travis Swanson (Arkansas)
• CB Nevin Lawson (Utah State)
• DE Larry Webster (Bloomsburg)
• DT Caraun Reid (Princeton)
• WR TJ Jones (Notre Dame)
• K Nate Freese (Boston College)

Undrafted free agent signings

• QB James Franklin (Missouri)
• FB Chad Abram (Florida State)
• WR Andrew Peacock (Appalachian State)
• TE Jacob Maxwell (Louisiana-Lafayette)
• OT Cornelius Lucas (Kansas State)
• OG D.J. Morrell (Old Dominion)
• OG Alex Bullard (Tennessee)
• OG A.J. Dalton (Robert Morris)
• LB Justin Jackson (Wake Forest)
• CB Mohammed Seisay (Nebraska)
  
• S Gabe Lynn (Oklahoma)
• S Jerome Couplin (William & Mary)

Tryout players

• QB Jonathon Jennings (Saginaw Valley State)
• RB Rolandan Finch (Norfolk State)
• RB Vintavious Cooper (East Carolina)
• WR Charlie Moore (Oklahoma State)
• WR Deandre Cooper (Prairie View A&M)
• WR Jon Greenwalt (Louisiana Tech)
• WR Joe Price (Villanova)
• TE Jimmie Johnson (Bryant)
• OT Jake Olson (Central Michigan)
• OT John Prior (Ohio)
• OG Josh Jenkins (West Virginia)
• DE Kalonji Kashama (Eastern Michigan)
• DE Jake Metz (Shippensburg)
• DT Greg Hickman (Florida International)
• DT Gilbert Pena (Ole Miss)
• LB Brett Pasche (Hillsdale)
• LB Shamari Benton (Central Michigan)
• CB Deven Drane (Cincinnati)
• CB Fidel Montgomery (South Florida)
• S Garrett Waggoner (Dartmouth)
• S Isaiah Newsome (Louisiana-Monroe)
• P Nick Liste (Youngstown State)
• LS Ryan Iverson (Colorado)