Fresh off his new contract with the Lions, Jalen Reeves-Maybin has added another role to his game. The veteran linebacker has been elected as the new president of the NFLPA by the union’s board of representatives.
Reeves-Maybin has been active in the NFLPA for several years, serving on the Executive Committee in 2022 and 2023. He had been with the Lions since 2017 before departing for the Houston Texans for a season, returning to Detroit in 2023.
He earned second-team All-Pro honors as a special teams ace as well as playing some off-ball linebacker.
Congratulations to Jalen Reeves-Maybin on being elected as President by the Board of Player Representatives!
Jalen is currently a linebacker for the @Lions and was a member of our Executive Committee for the past two seasons. pic.twitter.com/eZfcTj56L5
— NFLPA (@NFLPA) March 8, 2024
Congrats to Reeves-Maybin on the election!