Juice Scruggs
OL
#70
Experience: 4 years
Height: 6-3
Age: 26
Weight: 320 lbs
College: Penn State
Preseason
| WK | Game Date | OPP | RESULT | G | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 08/29/2026 | @Colts | W 25 - 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 08/22/2026 | Commanders | W 17 - 13 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 08/13/2026 | @Bengals | L 14 - 16 | 0 | 0 |
Biography
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Joins the Lions in 2026 after playing three season with the Houston Texans (2023-25).
- Has appeared in 37 games (20 starts) across his career, including 11 starts at left guard, eight starts at center and one start at right guard.
COLLEGE
- Played five seasons at Penn State (2018-22).
- 2022: Started in all 13 games his redshirt senior season.
- Team Captain
- Honorable Mention All-Big Ten
- Named Offensive Player of the Game following Auburn (9/17) following 477 yards and five rushing touchdowns.
- 2021: Appeared and started in all 13 games.
- Earned Honorable Mention All-Big Ten honors
- Named to Penn State's most outstanding lineman
- 2020: Appeared in six games.
- Won the Tim Shaw Thrive Award, given the Penn State football player who has overcome adversity been an inspiration to his fellow teammates
- 2019: Did not appear in a game.
- 2018: Appeared in one game, redshirted his true freshman season.
PERSONAL
- Attended Cathedral Prep (Erie, Pa.), where he was a four-star recruit.
- Recorded back-to-back 14-0 records and state championships his junior and senior season.
- Ranked as the No. 6 recruit in Pennsylvania by ESPN.