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Jack Campbell (born August 22, 2000) is an American professional football linebacker for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He was a unanimous All-American for the Iowa Hawkeyes, winning the Butkus Award in 2022. Campbell was selected by the Lions in the first round of the 2023 NFL draft, and named to the All-Rookie Team.
After Detroit traded back from No. 6 to No. 12, the Lions drafted Alabama running back Jahmyr Gibbs and then took Iowa linebacker Jack Campbell with the No. 18 pick.
The NFL draft, officially known as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", [18] [19] [20] is an annual event which serves as the league's most common source of player recruitment. [21] The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings; the teams with the worst win–loss records receive the earliest picks.
Gibbs was selected by the Detroit Lions in the first round of the 2023 NFL draft, where in his first NFL season he was an All-Rookie Team selection and voted to the Pro Bowl. In 2024 , Gibbs was again selected to the Pro Bowl and set a Detroit franchise record for the most touchdowns scored in a single season, leading the NFL with 20 total ...
For 18 teams, the conclusion of the 2024 NFL regular season means the start of a long offseason. Each team is locked into one of the first 18 picks of the 2025 NFL draft and faces some important ...
Jack Campbell's return is very similar to another Iowa linebacker's path to college football stardom and the NFL.
In addition to the annual draft, special drafts have occurred. These included the 1950 AAFC dispersal draft and the 1984 NFL supplemental draft, where existing NFL teams, including the Lions, were able to select players from other leagues. The AAFC dispersal draft was organized after the AAFC merged with the NFL; three teams from the AAFC were ...
Higgins was the next man up at middle linebacker when the consensus All-American and Butkus Award winner left after last season and became a first-round NFL draft pick. Hawkeyes' Jay Higgins bided ...