The fifth Lions player from their 2022 roster is reportedly being investigated by the NFL for a possible violation of the league’s gambling policy, according to The AthleticKalyn Kahler.
Friday’s report comes after the league suspended four other Detroit players—wide receivers Quintez Cephus, Stanley Berryhill and Jameson Williamson and safety CJ Moore—for violating the NFL’s gambling protocols in April.
Kahler reported that the most recent player to be suspended was not a “prominent member of the 2022 team.” However, The Athleticwithheld the release of the player’s name because the case remains under investigation.
The news also comes on the heels of ESPN reporting earlier this week that the NFL is looking at a “second wave of potential violations” of the league’s gambling guidelines. The league suspended Cephus and Moore indefinitely until the end of the ’23 season for betting on NFL games.
Shortly after the NFL’s announcement, the franchise released Cephus and Moore. Meanwhile, both Berryhill and Williams were suspended for the first six regular season games of the 2023 season for placing bets on non-NFL games while in an NFL facility.
While Williams and Berryhill will miss the first six weeks for Detroit, both are still eligible to participate in the Lions’ offseason training activities as well as the franchise’s preseason activities that include preseason games. On Thursday, Williams spoke to reporters for the first time Thursday, saying the suspension hit him “out of the blue.”
Williams and Berryhill will be eligible to play in Week 7 when the Lions take on the Ravens on Oct. 22.
