The Detroit Lions activated Brodric Martin, and added a new safety to the practice squad.
The Detroit Lions officially announced that Brodric Martin has been activated to the 53-man roster—as previously reported. But along with that move, the Lions also made a subtle change to their practice squad.
The team announced on Wednesday that they’ve cut safety, Erick Hallett, from the practice squad and replaced him with free agent safety Kaevon Merriweather.
Merriweather, a Belleview native, went undrafted in 2023 out of Iowa but quickly signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for his rookie season. He was good enough to not only make the Bucs’ 53-man roster that year, but he also made 16 game appearances for Tampa, mostly on special teams, earning an 80.0 PFF special teams grade in the process. Toward the end of the year, he had carved out a defensive role for himself, averaging nearly 20 defensive snaps a game in the final eight weeks of the season.
This year, Merriweather was still an active player for Tampa, playing exactly 200 special teams snaps over nine games with the Buccaneers. However, he was waived earlier this week after Tampa signed veteran safety Mike Edwards—who had played for four years with the Bucs. Merriweather went unclaimed on waivers and became a free agent on Wednesday.
Hallet signed to the Lions’ practice squad just before the season began after spending all of training camp with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He has yet to make an appearance in an NFL game and will now be a free agent eligible to sign with any team.
