Amon Ra-St. Brown Gets Scrappy With Lions Rookie During First Padded Practice

Former USC wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown has entered his first camp with the Detroit Lions, and looks to make his mark with the team as a rookie. Detroit has officially started padded practices during training camp, which means there is plenty of intensity and aggression out on the football field. 

On his first day of padded practice, St. Brown was involved in a 'fight' with cornerback Ifeatu Melifonwu. This followed head coach Dan Campbell's Tuesday statement which explained that the goal of the first padded practice was for his team to not brawl.

Sports Illustrated's All Lions reported:

"Campbell explained, “I want to see these guys compete. I want to see the guys get to the point where it’s almost an all-out brawl but there isn’t one.” Well, it did not take all that long, as rookie wideout Amon-Ra St. Brown and cornerback Ifeatu Melifonwu went at it during two separate portions of practice on Tuesday. During a special teams drill, St. Brown clearly beat out Melifonwu in the drill and in the altercation, as the ex-Trojans wideout sent the rookie defensive back flying by. Later on though, in a one-on-one drill, Melifonwu gave an extra strong push to St. Brown that was clearly in retaliation from earlier."

NFL insider Chris Burke also tweeted his observations from the interaction between the two rookies.