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Detroit Lions tackle Dan Skipper (70) during an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills on Dec. 15, 2024 in Detroit. (Josh Mandujano/Detroit Lions via AP)

Dan Skipper

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Experience: 6 years

Height: 6-9

Age: 30

Weight: 334 lbs

College: Arkansas

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Biography

Joins the Lions offensive line after spending the start of 2017 season as a member of the Dallas Cowboys practice squad.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Super Bowl Champion: LIII
Appeared in all 17 games in 2024, making three starts at left tackle and two starts as a sixth offensive lineman.
Logged a nine-yard touchdown reception vs. Buffalo (12/15/24), the second reception and first score of his career. He joined Taylor Decker and Scott Conover as the only offensive linemen in Lions history to produce a touchdown reception.
Played in 11 games (one start at tackle) for the Lions in 2023.
Caught a four-yard pass in Week 17 vs. Minnesota (1/7/24), the first reception of his career.
Appeared in 16 games (five starts) for the Lions in 2022. Four of his starts came at guard and one came at tackle.
Took snaps as a defensive lineman for the first time in his career in Week 17 vs. Minnesota (1/3/21).
Appeared in his first game as a Lion on the offensive front in Week 8 vs. Pittsburgh (10/29/17), helping QB Matthew Stafford throw for 423 yards.

COLLEGE:

A four-year starter for the Arkansas Razorbacks, playing in 51 games while making 47 consecutive starts (second-longest streak in school history), including 26 at left tackle, 13 at right and eight at left guard.
2016: Started in all 13 games as a team captain, earning SEC Offensive Line of the Week honors on two occasions.
- Helped lead an offensive line that blocked for 428.4 yards of total offense per game.
2015: Started all 13 games at right tackle.
- Helped the Arkansas offensive line lead the SEC in fewest sacks allowed for the third straight year.
2014: Appeared and started in all 13 contests.
- Part of an offensive line that blocked for two 1,000 yard rushers, the only FBS running backs to each rush for 1,000-plus yards in the 2014 season.
2013: Saw action in 12 games, starting in the last eight for the Razorbacks. Blocked a school-record three field goal attempts.
- Part of an offensive line that broke the single-season school record by only allowing 8.0 sacks.

PERSONAL:

Son of Ken and Brigid Skipper.
Attended Ralston Valley High School (Arvada, Colo.).
Majored in Biology.

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