Lions CB Jeff Okudah ready to bounce back after groin injury derailed rookie season

Detroit Lions cornerback Jeff Okudah is almost back to full health after battling a groin injury for most of his rookie season. 

Okudah missed seven games last season and played through pain in several others. With an upsetting season behind him, he's ready to rebound in 2021.

"It just feels like I have a different level that I wasn't able to kind of tap into last year," Okudah said, according to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. "But I feel like this year just kind of moving around now and not having that pain in my groin anymore, it just feels like a different level so I'm excited to ... get with (secondary coach Aubrey Pleasant), craft it up and see what it turns out to be."

Okudah had surgery in December and added that he will have no restrictions when he takes the field this season. 

The 22-year-old recorded one interception, two pass breakups, 47 tackles and two tackles for a loss last season. He was the third-overall pick in the 2020 draft.