Players who played for both the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Detroit Lions
76 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
76
Players
14
Easy to name
Legendary
Best link
Chains matchup: Friendly. Compared with the other 495 team pairs, based on how many of these players are easy to name.
How this plays in The Chains
Every link in a puzzle is scored by how unlikely it was that a fan would name it. Connect a Jaguars player to a Lions player through Chris Roberson and the link is rated Legendary (+250 bonus points). The obvious answers score little. The deep cuts are where the big points are.
Play today's puzzleEasy to name
Common and Uncommon. The easiest answers between these two teams.
- Common
Allen Robinson
WR · 2014–2024 · JAX 2014–2017, DET 2024
- Common
Rashean Mathis
CB · 2003–2015 · JAX 2003–2012, DET 2013–2015
- Uncommon
Ameer Abdullah
RB · 2015–2026 · JAX 2026, DET 2015–2018
- Uncommon
Tyson Alualu
DT · 2010–2023 · JAX 2010–2016, DET 2023
- Uncommon
Drayton Florence
CB · 2003–2013 · JAX 2008, DET 2012
- Uncommon
Kevin Johnson
WR · 1999–2005 · JAX 2003, DET 2005
- Uncommon
Dennis Northcutt
WR · 2000–2009 · JAX 2007–2008, DET 2009
- Uncommon
Jahlani Tavai
LB · 2019–2026 · JAX 2026, DET 2019–2020
- Uncommon
DJ Chark
WR · 2018–2024 · JAX 2018–2021, DET 2022
- Uncommon
Marvin Jones
WR · 2012–2023 · JAX 2021–2022, DET 2016–2020, 2023
- Uncommon
D.J. Hayden
CB · 2013–2021 · JAX 2018–2020, DET 2017
- Uncommon
Justin Durant
OLB · 2007–2017 · JAX 2007–2010, DET 2011–2012
- Uncommon
Josh Reynolds
WR · 2017–2025 · JAX 2024, DET 2021–2023
- Uncommon
Troy Edwards
WR · 1999–2005 · JAX 2003–2004, DET 2005
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Fernando Bryant
DB · 1999–2008 · JAX 1999–2003, DET 2004–2007
- Rare
Chris Harris
FS · 2005–2012 · JAX 2012, DET 2011
- Rare
Justin Forsett
RB · 2008–2016 · JAX 2013, DET 2016
- Rare
Tre Flowers
DB · 2018–2025 · JAX 2024, DET 2025
- Rare
Clay Harbor
TE · 2010–2016 · JAX 2013–2015, DET 2016
- Rare
Grady Jackson
DL · 1997–2009 · JAX 2007, DET 2009
- Rare
Patrick Ramsey
QB · 2002–2010 · JAX 2010, DET 2009
- Rare
William James
DB · 2001–2010 · JAX 2008, DET 2009
- Rare
Wali Rainer
LB · 1999–2005 · JAX 2002, DET 2003–2005
- Rare
Tim Patrick
WR · 2018–2026 · JAX 2025, DET 2024
- Rare
Gerald Alexander
FS · 2007–2011 · JAX 2009–2010, DET 2007–2008
- Rare
Akeem Spence
DT · 2013–2022 · JAX 2019, DET 2017
- Rare
Paul Spicer
DL · 1999–2008 · JAX 2000–2008, DET 1999
- Rare
Desmond Howard
WR · 1992–2002 · JAX 1995, DET 1999–2002
- Rare
Kelvin Pritchett
DL · 1991–2004 · JAX 1995–1998, DET 1991–1994, 1999–2004
- Rare
Nevin Lawson
CB · 2014–2021 · JAX 2021, DET 2014–2018
- Rare
Joshua Dobbs
QB · 2017–2026 · JAX 2019, DET 2026
- Rare
Pete Mitchell
TE · 1995–2003 · JAX 1995–1998, 2002, DET 2001
- Rare
C.C. Brown
FS · 2005–2011 · JAX 2011, DET 2010
- Rare
Robert Massey
DB · 1990–1997 · JAX 1996, DET 1994–1995
- Rare
Brian Robiskie
WR · 2009–2013 · JAX 2012, DET 2012
- Rare
Darren Carrington
DB · 1990–1996 · JAX 1995, DET 1990
- Rare
Don Carey
CB · 2010–2018 · JAX 2010, DET 2011–2018
- Rare
Kassim Osgood
WR · 2003–2014 · JAX 2010–2011, DET 2012
- Rare
Maurice Stovall
WR · 2006–2012 · JAX 2012, DET 2011
- Rare
Austen Lane
DE · 2010–2014 · JAX 2010–2012, DET 2013
- Rare
Craig Reynolds
RB · 2019–2026 · JAX 2020, DET 2021–2025
- Rare
Jamal Agnew
DB · 2017–2025 · JAX 2021–2023, DET 2017–2020
- Rare
Tyler Lacy
DL · 2023–2026 · JAX 2023–2024, DET 2025–2026
- Rare
Stockar McDougle
OL · 2000–2006 · JAX 2006, DET 2000–2004
- Rare
C.J. Mosley
DT · 2005–2015 · JAX 2010–2012, DET 2013–2014
- Rare
Riley Patterson
K · 2021–2026 · JAX 2022, DET 2021, 2023
- Rare
Kent Graham
QB · 1992–2002 · JAX 2002, DET 1995
- Rare
Mike Compton
OL · 1993–2004 · JAX 2004, DET 1993–2000
- Rare
James-Michael Johnson
OLB · 2012–2016 · JAX 2015, DET 2015
- Rare
James Stewart
RB · 1995–2002 · JAX 1995–1999, DET 2000–2002
- Rare
Harry Colon
DB · 1991–1997 · JAX 1995, DET 1992–1994, 1997
- Rare
Brenden Stai
OL · 1995–2002 · JAX 2000, DET 2001
- Rare
Ephraim Salaam
OL · 1998–2009 · JAX 2004–2005, DET 2009
- Rare
Julian Stanford
OLB · 2012–2022 · JAX 2012, DET 2013–2014
- Rare
Caraun Reid
DT · 2014–2021 · JAX 2020, DET 2014–2015, 2017
- Rare
Jeremiah Ledbetter
DL · 2017–2024 · JAX 2022–2024, DET 2017
- Rare
Micheal Spurlock
KR · 2006–2014 · JAX 2012, DET 2013
- Epic
Ben Bartch
OL · 2020–2026 · JAX 2020–2023, DET 2026
- Epic
Montell Owens
FB · 2006–2014 · JAX 2006–2012, DET 2014
- Epic
Ty Summers
LB · 2019–2025 · JAX 2022, DET 2025
- Epic
Aldrick Rosas
K · 2016–2021 · JAX 2020, DET 2021
- Epic
Blue Adams
CB · 2003–2007 · JAX 2003, DET 2003
- Epic
Nick Harris
SPEC · 2001–2012 · JAX 2011, DET 2003–2010, 2012
- Epic
Mike Thomas
WR · 2009–2012 · JAX 2009–2012, DET 2012
- Epic
Mark Royals
SPEC · 1990–2003 · JAX 2003, DET 1995–1996
- Epic
Shawn Bouwens
OL · 1991–1995 · JAX 1995, DET 1991–1994
- Epic
Daniel Thomas
DB · 2020–2026 · JAX 2020–2024, DET 2025
- Epic
Akwasi Owusu-Ansah
SS · 2010–2013 · JAX 2011, DET 2013
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Epic
Anthony Pittman
LB · 2019–2025 · JAX 2024, DET 2019, 2021–2025
- Epic
Landon Cohen
DT · 2008–2013 · JAX 2010, DET 2008–2009
- Epic
Corey Robinson
T · 2015–2018 · JAX 2018, DET 2015–2017
- Epic
Devine Ozigbo
RB · 2019–2023 · JAX 2019–2021, DET 2023
- Epic
Ty Hallock
TE · 1993–2000 · JAX 1996–1997, DET 1993–1994
- Epic
Brian Witherspoon
SS · 2008–2010 · JAX 2008–2009, DET 2009
- Epic
Thurston Armbrister
LB · 2015–2018 · JAX 2015, DET 2016–2017
- Legendary
Chris Roberson
CB · 2005–2008 · JAX 2005, DET 2008
Teams are counted as franchises, so earlier cities and names are included (the Raiders in Oakland, the Rams in St. Louis, the Titans as the Oilers). Rarity tiers come from the same scoring The Chains uses in its daily puzzles. A small set of one-season 2002 entries that couldn't be verified is left out.
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