Just 18 days after re-signing with the , running back has retired from the at age 27, the team announced Thursday. The former reserve, who appeared in 16 games for Detroit in 2022, was competing Tim Beckham Jersey for the No. 3 RB job and to serve as the team's primary kick returner.The Jonathan Villar Jersey Lions overhauled their RB room this offseason, trading and signing former starter to replace , then spending a first-round draft pick on . They re-signed Jackson, whose contract expired in March, on July 22 to compete with and for the third-string role. DET RB #38 Att42Yds170TD1FL0 Jackson, who scored two touchdowns in 2022, had seemingly become Keegan Akin Jersey the front-runner to earn that job in training camp. Originally a seventh-round pick of the Chargers out J.J. Hardy Jersey of Northwestern in 2018, he spent his first four years in Los Angeles, totaling just over 1,500 scrimmage yards behind the likes of , and . The Lions on Thursday signed former Heston Kjerstad Jersey reserve Jr. to bolster the preseason RB competition. Jackson, meanwhile, is the second notable RB to abruptly retire in recent weeks. Former starter rejoined the to compete for a reserve role on June 20, .
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