Dominik Eberle (26) has a new team just in time for the start of the NFL.
The Detroit Lions announced the commitment of the German kicker on Friday. Eberle meets his compatriot Amon-Ra St. Brown, who caused a sensation as a receiver rookie last year.
Since the native of Nuremberg signed a contract for the “Practice Squad”, he cannot be deployed at first. Eberle experienced that that can change last year when he made his NFL debut on December 26 after the failure of Houston’s starting kicker due to corona.
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Despite seven of eight hit shots, the Texans released him a few days later. In the spring he trained with the Green Bay Packers, but was just as unsuccessful there as he was at the trial he recently completed in New England.
The Lions are now his sixth NFL team. Eberle told the German Press Agency that he was “just very happy to get a chance and be back with a team”. It’s been a long road, “but it’s all worth it.”
The Detroit Lions begin the season at home against Philadelphia on Sunday.