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#21 Roger McCreary

Exp  4 yrs NFLAge  27Ht / Wt  5'11" · 188 lbCollege  Auburn

Depth-chart placement

Current role

NB1

Placement

Starter

Room

Cornerback

Experience

YR 5

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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CB room context

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Roger McCreary holds the NB · Starter spot in Detroit Lions’s cornerback room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

LCB · StarterRock Ya-SinStarter

RCB · StarterD.J. ReedStarter

NB · StarterRoger McCrearyStarter

LCB · BackupEnnis Rakestraw Jr.Backup

RCB · BackupKhalil DorseyBackup

NB · BackupKeith Abney IIBackup

Roger McCreary played 17 games in 2025 with a 38% snap share.

Production

2025 season

Latest season · 2025

Sacks

INT

Passes defended

Background & career

Roger McCreary is a cornerback for the Detroit Lions standing 5'11" and weighing 188 pounds. The Mobile, AL native attended Auburn before being selected 35th overall in the second round of the 2022 NFL Draft by Tennessee. Entering his fifth season, McCreary recorded one sack, one interception, and three passes defended in 2025.

Auburn2018 – 2021

Titans2022 – 2024

Rams2025

Lionspresent

College

AuburnDraftRound 2 · No. 35 overall · 2022 · TENAcquiredAcquired from Tennessee Titans · drafted thereHometownMobile, AL