ALLEN PARK -- It’s not just one homegrown product making a name for himself at Detroit Lions training camp this year. Safety Ian Kennelly is turning heads.

The 24-year-old Macomb native showed his playmaking in practice, then recorded six tackles in the Hall of Fame Game against the Chargers and three more last Friday against the Falcons.

As he works to master the details of NFL life -- from precise communication to sound technique -- one teammate has taken a vested interest in his development: Kerby Joseph.

“Kerby sits behind me in the meetings, and every now and then, he’ll be in the back of my ear, ‘Hey, do this, do that a little better. Cheat your alignment here a little more,” Kennelly told MLive. “At the end of the day, we’ve got our iPads, and we go back to the hotel at night and

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