Jack Campbell

No. 46 · 4th season

Campbell is the first Lion on the list, and he earned every word of it

The NFL Top 100 is voted on by the players themselves — the people who line up across from you every Sunday, who know exactly what you are. Getting on it for the first time means the league has decided you're worth talking about.

Jack Campbell is a linebacker for the Detroit Lions. He came in as a first-round pick and spent his early time in the league doing the quiet, unglamorous work that builds a career from the inside out. He didn't make noise for the wrong reasons. He just kept playing, and kept getting better.

This year, for the first time, he's on the list — and more than that, he's the only Lion on it. Not one of a few. The only one, on a team that has been one of the best in the conference.

That's not a small thing. It means his peers looked at a roster full of good football players and pointed at the linebacker. When the people who play the game decide who belongs, that carries weight the standings never quite capture.

What comes next for Campbell is the harder part: staying there.

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