The answer to the not often asked question of who is the player who played the most years for only one franchise is Place Kicker, Jason Hanson, who was a Detroit Lion for 21 seasons.

You definitely can’t go by the statistics on this one.

A great offensive weapon for the Lions in the 1990s, Herman Moore would twice lead the National Football League in Receptions.  Moore may have been overshadowed by Barry Sanders, but Moore was a four-time Pro Bowl selection who had over 1,000 Yards in each of those campaigns.  He held all of the major franchise receiving records until they were broken by Calvin Johnson.

Moore entered the Pride of the Lions in 2018.

While the legendary Dick “Night Train” Lane did not arrive in Detroit until he was 32, the future Hall of Famer still had a lot left in the tank.  The man who set a sixty-year record for single-season Interceptions was known for a ferocious hitting style that would have had him permanently suspended today.  Lane may have debuted as a Lion late in his career, but he was a First Team All-Pro twice and a three-time Pro Bowler in the Motor City.  He would enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1974, and was part of the first class of the Pride of the Lions in 2009.