Jacob Saylors holds the RB · Depth spot in Detroit Lions’s running back room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Jacob Saylors played 16 games in 2025 with a 1% snap share.

Jacob Saylors is a running back from Jasper, Tennessee, who played five seasons at East Tennessee State from 2018 to 2022, recording 608 rushing attempts for 3,851 yards and 33 touchdowns along with 91 receptions for 781 yards and three touchdowns. In his final college season, he appeared in 11 games with 225 carries for 1,307 yards and 15 touchdowns. Saylors signed with the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent following the 2023 NFL Draft and joined the Detroit Lions. He spent the 2024–25 seasons with the St. Louis Blackhawks in the UFL before entering his fourth professional season with Detroit. In 2025, he recorded 2 carries for 11 yards.

Falcons2023

Browns2024

Lions2025 — present

CollegeEast Tennessee StateAcquiredAcquired from Cincinnati Bengals · drafted thereHometownJasper, TNAlso playsKR3