The Detroit Lions had some good news to share on Monday afternoon with the first player who had been on their COVID-19 list being activated.
TE Isaac Nauta has been activated, making him the first of the team’s 8 players on the list to have done so. He’ll now be eligible to join the team in conditioning workouts and walkthroughs.
The Detroit Lions announced today that TE Isaac Nauta has been activated from Reserve/COVID-19.
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) August 3, 2020
His activation indicates that he’s been asymptomatic and has tested negative twice for coronavirus in the past five days. Meanwhile, the team still has seven players on their COVID-19 list, including quarterback Matthew Stafford, WR Kenny Golladay, TE T.J. Hockenson, and CB Justin Coleman.
Nauta was originally selected by the Lions out of Georgia in the 2019 NFL Draft with the 224th overall selection. He spent much of his rookie year with the practice squad before being promoted to the active roster in November, playing in six games.
BONUS CONTENT: Lions coach Matt Patricia phones 97.1 The Ticket to remember Jamie Samuelsen
The metro-Detroit community is still hurting following the loss of 97.1 The Ticket radio personality Jamie Samuelsen, who passed away over the weekend at the age of 48 after 19 month battle with colon cancer.
Detroit Lions head coach Matt Patricia called into “The Jamie and Stoney Show” this morning to talk with Mike Stone and share his condolences:
“I wanted to call in and say how sad and sorry I was when I heard the news…..it hit me hard. Jamie was an amazing person, and I had the fortunate blessing to have a few in-person interactions with him. Just a larger than life personality, a genuine and wonderful guy. Your heart just aches for his wife and children and family, just wanted to call in.”
“For a guy from California to have such an impact shows what an unbelievable person he was, and his message was something we need to push on. Colonoscopy testing is something people don’t like to talk about, but I think we just need to urge everyone to go out and make sure everything is ok.”
“My heart hurt when I heard the news…what an amazing guy….I just felt compelled. Jamie, when he walked in the room, you knew it right away. Great guy, amazing family, and an unbelievable work partner, he would do anything for anyone.”
