Frank Ragnow

Experience: 8 years

Height: 6-5

Age: 28

Weight: 310 lbs

College: Arkansas

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Biography

Joins the Lions as the team's first-round pick (20th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

AP Second-Team All-Pro: 2020, 2023, 2024
Pro Bowl: 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Earned his fourth-career Pro Bowl berth in 2024, tying Ed Flanagan (1970-72, 1974) for the most by a center in Lions history.
Has only surrendered 4.0 sacks on 2,544 pass-blocking snaps over the last five seasons (2020-24), per PFF.
Anchored an offensive line that only allowed 55 sacks over the 2022-23 seasons, the second-fewest in the NFL during that span.
Started all 15 games played in 2023, allowing only 1.0 sack on 576 pass-blocking snaps, per PFF.
Led all NFL centers with an 88.8 overall PFF grade and a 91.3 PFF run-blocking grade in 2023.
Started in 16 games at center in 2022, anchoring an offensive line that allowed the second-fewest sacks (24.0) in the League.
Earned an overall PFF grade of 86.7 and a run-blocking grade of 90.2 in 2021.
Became only the fourth Lions center to make a Pro Bowl and the first since 1997 in 2020. He was not responsible for a sack, did not commit a false start and only had two penalties on the season.
Assisted the Lions running game as they ran for 248 yards as a team at Miami (10/21/18), the most since 1997.
Helped pave the way for RB Kerryon Johnson to record 101 rushing yards in Week 3 against the Patriots (9/30/18), marking the Lions' first 100-yard rusher since 2013.
Joined the Lions as a first-round pick (20th overall) in the 2018 NFL Draft.

COLLEGE

Played in 42 games for the Razorbacks, holding a key role in the offense as a three-year starter along the interior offensive line and a team captain his senior year.
2017: Started seven games before missing the rest of the season with an ankle injury.
- Second-Team All-SEC
- Third-Team All-American
2016: Started all 13 games, 12 at center. Helped RB Rawleigh Williams rush for 1,360 yards and QB Austin Allen throw for 3,430 yards on the season.
- Second-Team All-SEC
2015: Started all 13 games at guard, helping RB Alex Collins rush for over 1,500 yards.
2014: Appeared in nine games as a true freshman, helping RB Alex Collins and Jonathan Williams rush for over 1,000 yards each.

PERSONAL

Attended Chanhassen (Minn.) High School.
Has his own YouTube channel, Grizzly Man Outdoors, where he and brother, Jack, hunt, fish and explore the outdoors. The pair aspire to have their own fishing show one day.