Lions Signing LB Devon Kennard Three-Year, $18.75M Deal

Peter Schrager is reporting that the Lions are signing LB Devon Kennard to a contract at the start of free agency.

• According to Dave Birkett, Kennard receives a three-year, $18.75 million contract.

Kennard, 26, is a former fifth-round pick of the Giants back in 2014. He played out the final year of his four-year, $2,364,560 contract with the Giants and made a base salary of $1,797,000 for the 2017 season.

In 2017, Kennard appeared in 15 games for the Giants and recorded 41 tackles, four sacks, a fumble recovery and two pass defenses.