Throughout the 2023 season, the Detroit Lions increasingly became known for their “grit,” a trait that helped the team win the NFC North and advance to the NFC Championship Game this past season. And, there was even a social media hashtag that the franchise and its fans used to signify it: #AllGrit.

Perhaps no Lions player has embodied it more for a sustained period of time than center Frank Ragnow. The Pro Bowl lineman has played through injury after injury since being drafted by the organization in the first round of the 2018 draft (No. 20 overall).

Most notably, he’s battled a lingering turf toe injury since the 2021 campaign, an ailment that limited him to just four games that season. Yet, he’s managed to suit up for nearly a full season’s worth of games the past two seasons (16 in 2022 and 15 in ‘23), while racking up Pro Bowl honors in both campaigns and a second-team All-Pro selection this past year.

And most recently, he played in all 72 of the offensive snaps in Detroit’s NFC Championship Game loss to the 49ers, a week after spraining his knee and ankle in the Lions’ divisional round playoff win over the Buccaneers.

Ragnow is the absolute definition of a “gamer.” And, you’d be hard-pressed to find a current NFL player tougher than him.

He’s also endeared himself to a countless number of Lions fans via his toughness and grit.