Free agent DT Johnathan Hankins mentioned during an appearance on Sirius XM NFL Radio that he’s been trying to determine the best fit for him and thinks he’ll sign with a team “pretty soon.”
“I believe I’ll be with a team pretty soon,” Hankins said. “I’ve just been really talking to teams and trying to figure out what would be the best fit. Just taking my time with things, and I feel like I’ll be with at team very soon, before the season gets started.”
Hankins says he’s visited with the Browns and Chargers and thinks he can step in and contribute a for a team right away.
“I feel like all the opportunities that I have, going to work out with teams and visiting teams that have been interested in me, I feel like it’s all been a good fit,” Hankins said. “In terms of just playing football, that’s what I do and I feel like I’m a very impactful player. So wherever the situations or wherever the team may be, I feel like I can come in and contribute.”
Hankins previously met with the Jets, Redskins and Lions.
Hankins, 26, is a former second-round pick of the Giants back in 2013. He played out the final year of his rookie contract last year before signing a three-year, $27 million contract that included $14.5 million guaranteed with the Colts.
Hankins was set to make base salaries of $7.5 million and $8 million over the next two years of the agreement when the Colts released him in a move that cleared $8,468,750 of available cap space.
In 2017, Hankins appeared in 15 games for the Colts and recorded 44 tackles, two sacks, and three pass defenses. Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 20 interior defensive lineman out of 122 qualifying players.
We have him featured in our Top 50 Available 2018 NFL Free Agents list.
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