The Lions released the following players:
| Barnes, Dominique | WR | Youngstown State |
| Callaway, Rob | DT | Saginaw Valley State |
| Campbell, Caleb | LB | Army |
| Chambers, Kirk | T | Stanford |
| Clapp, Matt | RB | Oklahoma |
| Dawson, Keyunta | DE | Texas Tech |
| Finley, Joe Jon | TE | Oklahoma |
| Francisco, Aaron | DB | BYU |
| Gerberry, Dan | C | Ball State |
| Harris, Nick | P | California |
| Hughes, Nate | WR | Alcorn State |
| Johnson, Ian | RB | Boise State |
| Madison, Anthony | DB | Alabama |
| Miller, Prince | DB | Georgia |
| Mixon, Cobrani | LB | Kent State (Waived/Injured) |
| Niswanger, Rudy | C | LSU |
| Pitcock, Quinn | DT | Ohio State |
| Pratt, Paul | DB | Nevada – Reno |
| Robinson, Gijon | TE | Missouri Western State |
| Robinson, Zac | QB | Oklahoma State |
| Silva, Ricardo | DB | Hampton |
| Thomas, Donald | G | Connecticut |
| Toone, Tim | WR | Weber State |
| Vasher, Nathan | DB | Texas |
| Williams, Derrick | WR | Penn State |
| Williams, Narada | DE | Fort Valley State |
LIONS REGULAR SEASON TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Individual game tickets for seven of the Lions’ eight (Chicago Monday Night game October 10 is sold out) 2011 regular season games at Ford Field are on sale now, including tickets to the team’s home opener against Kansas City Sunday, September 18. Tickets can be purchased on the Internet at Detroitlions.com and Ticketmaster.com or over the phone 800.745.3000 via Ticketmaster. Fans can also purchase tickets for Lions’ regular season games in person at the Ford Field Ticket Office from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and at all Ticketmaster outlets.
