Detroit Lions Free Agency Injury Report: Damone Clark, LB

The Lions added Damone Clark, LB in free agency . He has a remarkable medical history of a spinal fusion surgery for a herniated disc found at the NFL combine. Here is the excerpt from my medical review of Clark : (The following information and analysis is based on available public information.

Age in parentheses is at start of 2026 season. ) Damone Clark, LB (26) Contract: 1 year, $ pending Concern level 4/10 2025: 16 games across 2 teams. 2024: 14/17 games.

Sore knee may have limited him during season. 2023: 18/18 games 2022: 12 games. Returned to play on October 30, 2022, post spine surgery NFL Combine: March 24, 2022 spinal fusion surgery after herniated disc found at combine.

Clark was able to return from cervical spine fusion in just seven months. There is a fairly high success rate with fusions of the cervical spine. Other examples include Saivion Smith, Laiatu Latu, Peyton Manning, and Leighton Vander Esch - who was Clarks’ teammate with the Cowboys.