ALLEN PARK >> Levi Onwuzurike has undergone surgery due to an ACL injury and will miss the entire 2025 season, Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell said Sunday.

“Levi’s surgery was — it was significant,” Campbell told reporters on the first day of training camp. “But it need to be done. Out of his control, and it needed to be done.”

Onwuzurike, who was placed on the reserve/physically unable to perform list Thursday, was likely to be leaned on during the absence of Alim McNeill, who tore his ACL in December and is expected to miss the early portions of 2025.

After dealing with a back injury that kept him out for all of 2022 and limited him to 10 games in 2023, Onwuzurike made 16 appearances last season. He tallied 28 tackles and 1½ sacks, and his 47 pressures (including the playoffs) were a team-high mark. His pass-rush win rate of 11.9% ranked 74th among the 294 defenders who saw 100 or more pass-rush opportunities. With Onwuzurike out, first-round pick Tyleik Williams will have the opportunity to take on a larger role.

“Certainly, losing Levi, that hurts,” Campbell said. “But it helps that we’ve got Tyleik. … I think, all in all, we’re pretty good. I like what we’ve got in that room. We’ve got an opportunity there for a lot of guys. We know we’ll get (McNeill) back at some point during the season. … We’ve got to weather any storm until we get reinforcements. Because reinforcements are coming, at least we know that.”