Johnny

Culbreath

Culbreath was ratted out by the clerk at the hotel in which he was staying. Police arrived to find a strong marijuana odor and two blunts placed in the drawer of a table in the hallway. Detroit’s seventh-round pick last year, Culbreath spent the season on injured reserve with an undisclosed illness.

Another of the Lions’ offseason arrestees falls by the wayside. Last year’s seventh-rounder, Culbreath was arrested in January for possession of marijuana. He missed his entire rookie season with a blood pressure issue.

If that’s the case, Hilliard has a huge edge after appearing in all 32 games the past two seasons and making five starts. A seventh-round pick last season, Culbreath missed his entire rookie year with a blood pressure issue before getting arrested for marijuana possession in January. A fourth-round pick in 2010, Fox has appeared in just four career games due to injury. He missed June’s minicamp with knee soreness. Culbreath still has practice squad eligibility.

Culbreath was a relatively unheard of prospect, but he catapulted himself onto the NFL radar with a 4.92 forty at 6-foot-5, 322 pounds at the South Carolina Pro Day. Also a decent small-school prospect when 40-yard dash times aren’t involved, Culbreath was the 2009 Lineman of the Year in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. He’s an enormous, but certainly worthwhile developmental project.

A freak athlete for his size at 6'6/322 with a 4.92 forty, Culbreath is being given a look as Jeff Backus’ possible eventual replacement. While that’s a major long shot, Culbreath has “flashed everything he needs to do to be in the NFL,” said coach Jim Schwartz. He’ll likely spend 2011 on the practice squad.

The seventh-round pick fell ill at practice on Monday, but the Lions haven’t revealed the specifics of what’s wrong with him. Culbreath, who measures 6-foot-6, 322 pounds, is capable of running a 4.92 forty, and should be given a legitimate chance to make the team next summer.

The 2009 Lineman of the Year in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference gained notices with a 4.92 forty at South Carolina’s pro day. Though he arrives in Detroit as an interesting developmental prospect, Culbreath is likely to start out on the practice squad.