One of the most intriguing potential options from the Mid-American Conference in the 2023 draft cycle is off the market, as former Akron defensive end Zach Morton signed with the Detroit Lions on Saturday night.
The news was first reported by Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network via Twitter.
Morton, who played his high school football just a mile or so down the road from Ford Field at Cass Tech, originally started his career at Syracuse as a reserve defensive lineman. He appeared in just six games for the Orange due to a variety of complications; Morton lost all of 2018 to a knee injury after redshirting in 2017, then was stuck on the bench in 2019 and 2020.