One-time Lions' budding star gets another (and his last?) shot in the NFL

During the 2021 season, there weren't many bright spots for the Detroit Lions has Dan Campbell tried to set the foundation for what has come since. One of those bright spots was cornerback Amani Oruwariye, who led the team and tied for third in the league with six interceptions.

But there were red flags in that breakthrough. Pro Football Focus graded Oruwariye as their 89th-best cornerback that season (minimum of around 250 snaps), and his coverage grade came in 83rd out of 129 qualifiers under that minimum snap criteria.

During the 2022 season, those red flags could not be hidden. Oruwariye was benched in Week 5, and eventually only played defensive snaps when injuries to the Lions' secondary forced it over the rest of the season.

Oruwariye split the 2023 season between the New York Giants and the Jacksonville Jaguars, with one game on the active roster for the Jaguars around otherwise being on the practice squad for both teams. He latched on with the Dallas Cowboys in 2024, playing in seven games while making four starts for them last season (including a game against the Lions in Week 6).

Oruwariye signed with the Tennessee Titans in May, then they released him. The Titans briefly re-signed him to their practice squad in late-August, before releasing him again. He had a workout with the Indianapolis Colts in September, but they did not sign him.

Amani Oruwariye gets another (and his last?) shot in the NFL with injury-riddled team

The Baltimore Ravens are reeling at 1-3, with multiple key injuries on a struggling defense and two notable new injuries in their cornerback room (Marlon Humphrey and Nate Wiggins). Oruwariye was among four defensive backs they had in for a workout on Wednesday, and according to NFL insider Jordan Schultz he was the one they signed.