2023 Detroit Lions season

The 2023 season was the Detroit Lions' 94th season in the National Football League and their third under the head coach/general manager tandem of Dan Campbell and Brad Holmes.

### Free agents

|style=""|Position|style=""|Player|style=""|<span style=color:white>Free agency</span> tag|style=""|Date signed|style=""|2023 team|style=""|Source|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|LB|Alex Anzalone|UFA|March 15|Detroit Lions||||||||
|K|Michael Badgley|UFA|March 20|Detroit Lions||||||||
|LB|Chris Board|UFA|March 22|New England Patriots||||||||
|G|Evan Brown|UFA|April 3|Seattle Seahawks||||||||
|DE|Austin Bryant|UFA|March 23|San Francisco 49ers||||||||
|DT|Isaiah Buggs|UFA|March 13|Detroit Lions||||||||
|WR|D. J. Chark|UFA|March 24|Carolina Panthers||||||||
|DE|John Cominsky|UFA|March 15|Detroit Lions||||||||
|LS|Scott Daly|ERFA|March 22|Detroit Lions||||||||
|S|DeShon Elliott|UFA|March 17|Miami Dolphins||||||||
|S|Will Harris|UFA|March 16|Detroit Lions||||||||
|RB|Justin Jackson|UFA|July 22|Detroit Lions||||||||
|CB|Mike Hughes|UFA|March 20|Atlanta Falcons||||||||
|DT|Benito Jones|ERFA|April 26|Detroit Lions||||||||
|G|Tommy Kraemer|ERFA|August 2|New Orleans Saints||||||||
|S|C. J. Moore|UFA|March 20|Detroit Lions||||||||
|OT|Matt Nelson|RFA|March 14|Detroit Lions||||||||
|CB|Amani Oruwariye|UFA|March 23|New York Giants||||||||
|C|Ross Pierschbacher|RFA|March 8|Detroit Lions||||||||
|LB|Anthony Pittman|ERFA|March 13|Detroit Lions||||||||
|CB|Bobby Price|RFA|June 5|Arizona Cardinals||||||||
|RB|Craig Reynolds|ERFA|March 13|Detroit Lions||||||||
|G|Dan Skipper|RFA|August 1|Indianapolis Colts||||||||
|QB|Nate Sudfeld|UFA|March 24|Detroit Lions||||||||
|RB|Jamaal Williams|UFA|March 17|New Orleans Saints||||||||
|LB|Josh Woods|UFA|March 23|Arizona Cardinals||||||||
|TE|Brock Wright|ERFA|March 13|Detroit Lions||||||||
|TE|Shane Zylstra|ERFA|March 13|Detroit Lions||||||||

### Additions

|style=""|Position|style=""|Player|style=""|Previous team|style=""|Date|style=""|Source|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|S|C.J. Gardner-Johnson|Philadelphia Eagles|March 20|||||||
|G|Graham Glasgow|Denver Broncos|March 20|||||||
|WR|Marvin Jones Jr.|Jacksonville Jaguars|April 5|||||||
|CB|Mac McCain|Philadelphia Eagles|February 23|||||||
|LS|Jake McQuaide|Dallas Cowboys|March 20|||||||
|RB|David Montgomery|Chicago Bears|March 16|||||||
|CB|Emmanuel Moseley|San Francisco 49ers|March 16|||||||
|LB|Jalen Reeves-Maybin|Houston Texans|March 27|||||||
|CB|Cameron Sutton|Pittsburgh Steelers|March 16|||||||
|TE|Patrick Murtaugh|N/A|May 4|||||||

### Releases

|style=""|Position|style=""|Player|style=""|2023 team|style=""|Release date|style=""|Source|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|DT|Michael Brockers||February 24|||||||
|CB|Jeff Okudah|Atlanta Falcons|April 11|||||||
|WR|Quintez Cephus||April 21|||||||
|S|C. J. Moore||April 21|||||||
|RB|D'Andre Swift|Philadelphia Eagles|April 29|||||||
|G|Logan Stenberg|Chicago Bears|August 10|||||||
|WR|Marvin Jones Jr.||October 24|||||||

## Draft

|Round|Selection|Player|Position|College|Notes|Source|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Jahmyr Gibbs|RB|Alabama|From Arizona||||
|Jack Campbell|LB|Iowa|||||
|Sam LaPorta|TE|Iowa|From Arizona||||
|Brian Branch|S|Alabama|From Green Bay||||
|Hendon Hooker|QB|Tennessee|From Denver||||
|Brodric Martin|DT|Western Kentucky|From Arizona||||
|Colby Sorsdal|OT|William & Mary|||||
|Antoine Green|WR|North Carolina|From Philadelphia||||

|style=""|Name|style=""|Position|style=""|College|style=""|Ref.|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Brad Cecil|C|South Florida|rowspan="16"|||||
|Chase Cota|WR|Oregon||||||
|Isaac Darkangelo|LB|Illinois||||||
|Dylan Drummond|WR|Eastern Michigan||||||
|Cory Durden|DT|NC State||||||
|Connor Galvin|OT|Baylor||||||
|Steven Gilmore Jr.|CB|Marshall||||||
|Mohamed Ibrahim|RB|Minnesota||||||
|Brandon Joseph|S|Notre Dame||||||
|Adrian Martinez|QB|Kansas State||||||
|Zach Morton|DE|Akron||||||
|Trevor Nowaske|LB|Saginaw Valley State||||||
|Chris Smith|DT|Notre Dame||||||
|Ryan Swoboda|OT|UCF||||||
|Starling Thomas V|CB|UAB||||||
|Keytaon Thompson|WR|Virginia||||||

## Preseason

|style=""|Week|style=""|Date|style=""|Opponent|style=""|Result|style=""|Record|style=""|Venue|style=""|Recap|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||New York Giants|**W** 21–16|1–0|Ford Field|Recap|||||||||
||Jacksonville Jaguars|**L** 7–25|1–1|Ford Field|Recap|||||||||
||at Carolina Panthers|**W** 26–17|2–1|Bank of America Stadium|Recap|||||||||

### Schedule

|style=""|Week|style=""|Date|style=""|Opponent|style=""|Result|style=""|Record|style=""|Venue|style=""|Recap|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|September 7|at Kansas City Chiefs|**W** 21–20|1–0|Arrowhead Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|September 17|Seattle Seahawks|**L** 31–37|1–1|Ford Field|Recap|||||||||
|September 24|Atlanta Falcons|**W** 20–6|2–1|Ford Field|Recap|||||||||
||at **Green Bay Packers**|**W** 34–20|3–1|Lambeau Field|Recap|||||||||
|October 8|Carolina Panthers|**W** 42–24|4–1|Ford Field|Recap|||||||||
|October 15|at Tampa Bay Buccaneers|**W** 20–6|5–1|Raymond James Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|October 22|at Baltimore Ravens|**L** 6–38|5–2|M&T Bank Stadium|Recap|||||||||
||Las Vegas Raiders|**W** 26–14|6–2|Ford Field|Recap|||||||||
|colspan="6"|_Bye_|||||||||||||
|November 12|at Los Angeles Chargers|**W** 41–38|7–2|SoFi Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|November 19|**Chicago Bears**|**W** 31–26|8–2|Ford Field|Recap|||||||||
|November 23|**Green Bay Packers**|**L** 22–29|8–3|Ford Field|Recap|||||||||
|December 3|at New Orleans Saints|**W** 33–28|9–3|Caesars Superdome|Recap|||||||||
|December 10|at **Chicago Bears**|**L** 13–28|9–4|Soldier Field|Recap|||||||||
||Denver Broncos|**W** 42–17|10–4|Ford Field|Recap|||||||||
|December 24|at **Minnesota Vikings**|**W** 30–24|11–4|U.S. Bank Stadium|Recap|||||||||
||at Dallas Cowboys|**L** 19–20|11–5|AT&T Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|January 7|**Minnesota Vikings**|**W** 30–20|12–5|Ford Field|Recap|||||||||
**Note:** Intra-division opponents are in **bold** text.

## Infobox (nfl team season)

- **logo**:
- **team**: Detroit Lions
- **year**: 2023
- **record**: 12–5
- **division place**: 1st NFC North
- **coach**: Dan Campbell
- **off coach**: Ben Johnson (American football coach), Ben Johnson
- **def coach**: Aaron Glenn
- **general manager**: Brad Holmes
- **owner**: Sheila Ford Hamp
- **stadium**: Ford Field
- **playoffs**: **Won 2023–24 NFL playoffs, Wild Card Playoffs**
(vs. 2023 Los Angeles Rams season, Rams) 24–23
**Won 2023–24 NFL playoffs, Divisional Playoffs**
(vs. 2023 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Buccaneers) 31–23
Lost 2023–24 NFL playoffs, NFC Championship
(at 2023 San Francisco 49ers season, 49ers) 31–34
- **uniform**: File:Detroit Lions Uniforms 2023.png
- **shortnavlink**: Lions seasons
- **radio**: Detroit Lions Radio Network