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ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions are giving Devin Funchess a chance to make a comeback in the NFL. Detroit signed him as a tight end on Tuesday to add depth to a position group led by T.J. Hockenson for second-year coach Dan Campbell. Funchess, who is from Farmington Hills, Michigan, has not played in the league since 2019. Carolina drafted him out of Michigan in the second round of the 2015 draft and he had 21 touchdown receptions over four seasons with the Panthers.

He hasn’t appeared in an NFL regular season game since 2019.

It's finally happened - the Detroit Lions are moving former wide receiver Devin Funchess to tight end.

Now four years removed from his last productive season, Devin Funchess will attempt to revive his career as a tight end.

[If you're here for the Alan Bowman news, scroll down] I don’t need to tell you how much Michigan needs an instant-impact, five-star cornerback. Doubly so if he’s in-state. Triply if he’s the son of a football alum. Quadropoly if he’s intent on being a JJ McCarthy-level architect of his own class. And if Dad’s a co-founder of Sound Mind Sound Body’s 7v7 program and chaperones all those trips with the Detroit-area’s top high school talent, well, it would have been a shame to lose that guy to Ohio State or USC. In January, as Harbaugh’s assistants were being set adrift and h...