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#50 Skyler Gill-Howard

Exp  RookieAge  24Ht / Wt  6'0" · 280 lbCollege  Texas Tech

Depth-chart placement

Current role

RDT3

Placement

Depth

Room

Defensive Tackle

Experience

ROOKIE R6

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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Skyler Gill-Howard holds the RDT · Depth spot in Detroit Lions’s defensive tackle room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

LDT · StarterTyleik WilliamsStarter

RDT · StarterAlim McNeillStarter

LDT · BackupLevi OnwuzurikeBackup

RDT · BackupJay TufeleBackup

RDT · DepthSkyler Gill-HowardDepth

Background & career

Skyler Gill-Howard is a right defensive tackle from Texas Tech who stands 6'0" and weighs 280 pounds. The Detroit Lions selected him with the 205th overall pick in the 2025 draft. Gill-Howard is in his first year of professional football.

College

Texas TechDraftRound 6 · No. 205 overall · DETHometownMilwaukee, WI