{"id":316210,"date":"2025-11-27T06:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T06:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/316210\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T06:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T06:09:09","slug":"pro-bowler-frank-ragnow-coming-out-of-retirement-to-rejoin-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/316210\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Bowler Frank Ragnow coming out of retirement to rejoin Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Ragnow is coming out of retirement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Lions appeared to confirm the news after multiple reports suggested that the 29-year-old offensive lineman would be back to play center for Detroit, which is slated to play the Packers on Thursday during Thanksgiving Day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear when he will take the field for the Lions and if he\u2019ll immediately have a role as a starter on the Lions\u2019 offensive line.<\/p>\n<p>Ragnow <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/02\/sports\/lions-frank-ragnow-suddenly-retires-from-nfl-at-29-in-major-blow\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">retired in June<\/a>, citing health reasons for the decision, but that doesn\u2019t seem to be enough to keep the longtime center off the field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37778151\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2192048195.jpg\" alt=\"Jared Goff #16 of the Detroit Lions talks with Frank Ragnow #77 prior to an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings.\" class=\"wp-image-37778151\"  \/>Jared Goff #16 of the Detroit Lions talks with Frank Ragnow #77 prior to an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>It will be a boost for the Lions\u2019 offensive line, which has been up and down this season while struggling to protect quarterback Jared Goff, who has been sacked 23 times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, earlier this month, Lions coach Dan Campbell asserted that the \u201cship has sailed\u201d on Ragnow returning to the NFL.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s what I know about Frank: If Frank really wanted to (play), he would be blowing my phone up, and I haven\u2019t gotten a text yet,\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/stations\/971theticket\/shows\/costa-jansen-with-heather-75a38\/episodes\/dfb6f95c75f4\/chapters\/0117a3d3fe15?action=AUTOPLAY_FULL&amp;actionContentId=801-c3f79e1f-43ef-44ca-bd72-c065d72e5e8e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> Campbell said during a radio interview<\/a> on 97.1 The Ticket.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ragnow played in and started 96 games over the course of his career.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All but 16 of those appearances had been at center and he was named a Pro Bowler four times during his career.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tmake every NFL game pay off\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36699206\" width=\"158\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/UnderdogLogo_Final_stacked-black.png\" alt=\"underdog fantasy logo\" class=\"wp-image-36699206\" style=\"width:158px;height:auto;aspect-ratio:1;display:block\"  \/> Underdog Fantasy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.underdogfantasy.com\/p-new-york-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Underdog<\/a> is where football fans become winners.<\/p>\n<p>Easy player picks<\/p>\n<p>No season-long commitments<\/p>\n<p>Real prizes every single night<\/p>\n<p>Use promo code NYPOST5 to get $50 in site credits when you play $5!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tMust be 18+ (19+ in AL, NE; 19+ in CO for some games, 21+ in AZ and MAZ) and present in a state where Underdog operates. 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The Underdog promo code might vary by location.\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Ragnow was a first-round pick in 2018 by the Lions out of Arkansas, where he had been a two-time All-American.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The decision was celebrated by recently retired Eagles center Jason Kelce on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is awesome for the Lions, can\u2019t wait to watch Frank back out there doing his thing!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JasonKelce\/status\/1993788419311272138\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kelce wrote on X.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Lions are currently 7-5 this season and on the outside looking in in terms of NFC playoff teams.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Frank Ragnow is coming out of retirement.\u00a0 The Lions appeared to confirm the news after multiple reports suggested&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[1810,349,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-316210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-detroit-lions","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}