The Detroit Lions hosted a pair of former Kansas City Chiefs players for tryouts on Sunday, and one of them was able to find a new team in the process.
With two games left for NFL teams in the preseason slate, the Lions went looking for help in both the secondary and the backfield among the free-agent shelves. They hosted four players in all, per the NFL's transaction wire, and in attendance were running back Keontay Ingram and defensive back Ekow Boye-Doe. The Lions didn't let the latter leave town without a deal.
Ingram tried out alongside two other RB hopefuls: Trayveon Williams and Dominic Richardson. Williams won out over the rest and joined Boye-Doe as the newest Lions after the franchise placed two players on waivers from the same positions: running back Kye Robichaux and safety Loren Strickland.
Boye-Doe joins the Lions with little runway left before the regular season, but he's at least coming in with special teams experience and a Super Bowl ring as part of the Chiefs' championship-winning roster in '23. Boye-Doe joined K.C. that year as an undrafted free agent out of Kansas State and appeared in six games. He was waived the following August and has since caught on for short stints with the New York Giants and Cardinals before playing in the UFL with the DC Defenders this spring.
Ingram, at one point, had Chiefs general manager Brett Veach excited by his potential. He joined the Chiefs midway through the '23 season after being released by the Arizona Cardinals, who'd selected him in the sixth round in the 2022 NFL Draft. Ingram stuck around K.C. for the rest of 2023 and all of 2024-25 on a string of futures signings and practice squad appearances. His contract ultimately expired last March and the Chiefs went on to rebuild the entire backfield.
Boye-Doe is likely just another camp body to help the Lions get through the preseason with the requisite players they'll need to play two more games. Ingram is hoping for even a chance in that window. But the fact that both are still earning looks is a good sign that they could get a call at any moment if an injury occurs.
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