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2025 Defensive
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Interceptions Returned For Touchdown
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| Regular Season | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Top Christian Izien News
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Lions' Christian Izien: Placed on NFI list
The Lions placed Izien on the active/non-football illness list Tuesday.
It's unclear how severe of an illness Izien is dealing with, but he'll be eligible to participate in practice once he has fully recovered from his ailment. Izien signed a one-year contract with the Lions in March after spending the first three years of his NFL career with the Buccaneers, where he mostly operated on special teams while occasionally working in the secondary in 2025. He finished last year with 25 tackles (16 solo) and one forced fumble across 14 regular-season games.
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Lions' Christian Izien: Inks deal with Detroit
Izien signed a contract with the Lions on Friday.
The terms of the deal are yet to be announced, but Izien will head to Detroit after calling Tampa Bay his home for the last three seasons. He played a prominent role in the Buccaneers' defense in 2023 and 2024 but saw his snaps on defense dip in 2025, finishing with 25 tackles (16 solo) and one forced fumble across 14 regular-season games. Izien will look to earn an expanded role on defense with the Lions, and he could get some starts early in 2026 season if one or both of Brian Branch (Achilles) and Kerby Joseph (knee) are not available.
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Buccaneers' Christian Izien: Not tendered by Tampa Bay
The Bucs will not extend a restricted free agent tender to Izien prior to the start of the new league year next Wednesday, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com reports.
Izien, therefore, will be allowed to become an unrestricted free agent. The 25-year-old has appeared in 45 regular-season games for the Bucs over the last three seasons, logging 165 tackles (111 solo), five pass breakups, including three interceptions, and three forced fumbles.
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Buccaneers' Christian Izien: Logs eight tackles vs. Falcons
Izien posted eight total tackles (four solo) and one forced fumble in Thursday's 29-28 loss to Falcons.
After playing just 35 defensive snaps over 10 appearances prior to Thursday's loss, Izien was on the field for all 66 of Tampa Bay's defensive plays. The Rutgers product tied Lavonte David for the second-most tackles on the team and stripped Bijan Robinson in the third quarter, leading to a Buccaneers touchdown. He may have earned an expanded role on Tampa Bay's defense going forward, but he's still expected to back up Tykee Smith (neck) once the latter returns from injury.
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Buccaneers' Christian Izien: Cleared to face Falcons
Izien (neck) doesn't have an injury designation for Thursday's game against the Falcons, Greg Auman of Fox Sports reports.
Izien upgraded to full practice participation Wednesday and avoided an injury designation for Thursday's game. Starting free safety Tykee Smith (neck/shoulder) is doubtful, which could lead to more opportunities for Izien or Kaevon Merriweather alongside starting strong safety Antoine Winfield.
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Buccaneers' Christian Izien: Limited in Tuesday's walkthrough
Izien (neck) was a limited participant in Tuesday's walkthrough practice.
Izien didn't participate in Monday's walkthrough practice due to a neck injury, but he was cleared to work in at least a limited capacity during Tuesday's session. He would avoid an injury designation for Thursday night's game against the Falcons if he were to log a full practice Wednesday. If Izien is cleared to play, he would likely start at safety alongside Antoine Winfield if Tykee Smith (neck/shoulder) is unable to suit up.
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Buccaneers' Christian Izien: Good to go against Niners
Izien (quadriceps) is active for Sunday's game against the 49ers, Scott Smith of the Buccaneers' official site reports.
Izien has been cleared to return after a two-game absence due to a quadriceps injury that he picked up in Week 3 against the Jets. Izien has one solo tackle across two regular-season games and has been limited to special teams this year.
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Player Bio
| HT/WT: 5-8, 197 lbs |
| Birthplace: Far Rockaway, NY |
| Age: 26 |
| School: Rutgers |
| Experience: 4 |