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| The 1987 Detroit Lions roster is below. Clicking on a tab heading will display the specified set of statistics. All columns may be sorted by clicking the column name. Clicking on an individual player will display the player's career statistics including his time with the 1987 Detroit Lions. |
| Name | Pos | GP | Rush Att | Rush Yds | Rush Avg | Rush TD | Rec | Rec Yds | Rec Avg | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '87 James Jones | RB | 11 | 96 | 342 | 3.6 | 0 | 34 | 262 | 7.7 | 0 |
| '87 Garry James | RB | 8 | 82 | 270 | 3.3 | 4 | 16 | 215 | 13.4 | 0 |
| '87 Karl Bernard | RB | 8 | 45 | 187 | 4.2 | 2 | 13 | 91 | 7.0 | 0 |
| '87 Gary Ellerson | RB | 8 | 47 | 196 | 4.2 | 3 | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 1 |
| '87 Butch Woolfolk | RB | 12 | 12 | 82 | 6.8 | 0 | 19 | 166 | 8.7 | 0 |
| '87 Cleve Wester | RB | 3 | 33 | 113 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| '87 Stan Edwards | RB | 3 | 32 | 69 | 2.2 | 0 | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 0 |
| '87 Scott Williams | RB | 5 | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 1 |
| '87 Tony Dollinger | RB | 2 | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 |
| '87 Tony Paige | RB | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| '87 Nick Kowgios | RB | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
| '87 Rob Rubick | TE | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 147 | 11.3 | 1 |
| '87 Vyto Kab | TE | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 0 |
| '87 Jimmie Giles | TE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 0 |
| '87 Mark Witte | TE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 |
| '87 Mark Wheeler | TE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 |
| '87 Pete Mandley | WR | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 58 | 720 | 12.4 | 7 |
| '87 Jeff Chadwick | WR | 8 | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 | 30 | 416 | 13.9 | 0 |
| '87 Gary Lee | WR | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 308 | 16.2 | 0 |
| '87 Eric Truvillion | WR | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 207 | 17.3 | 1 |
| '87 Darrell Grymes | WR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 140 | 15.6 | 2 |
| '87 Carl Bland | WR | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 1 |
| '87 Danny Bradley | WR | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 50 | 7.1 | 2 |
| '87 Mark Nichols | WR | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 87 | 12.4 | 0 |
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