On Tuesday, Lions head coach Dan Campbell told reporters that the plan is to start Hooker in Detroit's preseason finale against the
Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday.
"Certainly we want to get him (Hooker) a real good look," said Campbell. "We'd love to give him a lot of reps this week. I think the idea would be, you know, you'd love to start him this week. And then it's just a matter of how much does he play? Is it a couple of series and then Nate (Sudfeld) goes in and then he's back. Or is it a quarter, or is it a half? But he's going to get a really good look. He's going to get a lot of reps this week because he needs them."