Tashard Choice played in the NFL, and worked closely with Lions RB Jahmyr Gibbs at Georgia Tech, and Bijan Robinson and Jonathon Brooks at Texas.

New Lions RB coach Tashard Choice is "one of the most coveted running backs coaches to come out of college in a while."

"Two years ago, I know that he was somebody that was on my radar and it didn't work out. It was all good, but there again this is kind of the, everything comes back around and it just felt like this was right.

Lions assistant head coach Scottie Montgomery also will coach WRs this season after working with RBs the past two years.

The Detroit Lions went through a near complete overhaul with their coaching staff this offseason and they brought on a good amount of coaches from the college ranks. Tyler Roehl from Iowa State, Caleb Colling from Baylor and Tashard Choice from Texas.