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More than a few people will look at their screens on Thanksgiving, maybe do a double-take, and then ask: "Who is this Jourdan Lewis Jersey guy playing quarterback for the Lions?"

Well, it won't be Matthew Stafford, who is , or backup Jeff Driskel, who is also hurt. They'll be looking at David Blough. The team announced Wednesday that Blough would start against the NFC Christan Bullock Jersey North-rival Bears.

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Just who, exactly is David Blough? A few answers to chew on with your appetizers:

This is Blough's second team as a rookie.

He signed with the Browns last spring Isaiah Paige Jersey as an undrafted free agent out of Purdue butcouldn't crack the Cleveland roster in training camp. The Lions decided to take a chance on him in late August after watching him play against them in Week 4 ofthe preseason. They acquired him Aug. 30 in a trade that also included a swap of conditional seventh-round draft picks in 2022. His first snap Thursday will be his first as a pro in a regular-season game.

Blough is the last quarterback to beat Ohio State.

The peak of his resurgence in that 2018 Devin Gardner Jersey season came the night of Oct. 20when the Boilermakers steamrolled the then-No. 2 Buckeyes 49-20 in West Lafayette. Blough completed 25 of 43 pa ses for 378 yards and three touchdowns. "Going on that week, we knew that we had the guys to go out there and hang with Ohio State," Blough . Ohio State has John Wangler Jersey won 17 in a row Brennen Beyer Jersey since, including a Rose Bowl and a Big Ten Conference championship game.

Blough set records in his four seasons at Purdue.

He holds the school marks for pa sing yards in a game (572, vs. Mi souri in 2018) and completion percentage for a season (.660, also in '18). He's in the top five in career attempts, completions, yards, touchdowns and completion percentage after playing for Purdue from 2015-18. (Afellow named Brees, who'll be playing Thursday night, is No. 1 on most of those career lists.)

Blough overcame Isaiah Livers Jersey an injury and a benching with the Boilermakers.

First, the injury: an ankle dislocationin November 2017 that cost him the remainder of the season. Then, the benching: He lost a camp competition to Gerald Ford Jersey Elijah Sindelar prior to the 2018 season. When Sindelar was injured the week of the Mi souri game, Blough stepped in, produced his record-setting game and never looked back. "I knew that this was my Juwan Howard Jersey one opportunity for the entire season to go out there, and I was going to cut it loose," .

Blough is a magician.

Some might say he pulled off a neat trick just getting to the NFL, but we're talking actual magic here, like card tricks that leave people shocked and amazed. He showed off his sleight of hand a couple of weeks Michael Schofield Jersey after he joined the Lions (video ).

Play-action pa ses ought to be a . . . breeze for him.