The Minnesota Vikings announced Tuesday that they’ve signedย DT Kenrick Ellis to a contract and placed DTย Shamir Stephen on season-ending injured reserve.
Ellis, 27, is a former third-round pick of the Jets back in 2011. He signed aย one-year, $1.475 million contract with the Giants back in March, but wound up being releasedย after they claimed DT Louis Nix off of waivers from the Texans.
Ellis had been on and off of the Giants’ active rosterย since then.
In 2014, he appeared inย 14 games for the Jets and recorded 12 tackles and a sack.ย Pro Football Focusย has him down for playing just 158 snaps last year, but he did grade out as a solid run-stopper.
Stephen, 24, was taken in the seventh round of last year’s NFL draft. He’s in the second year of his four-year, $2,285,148 rookie contractย and stands to make a base salary ofย $510,000 for the 2015 season.
His 2015 season comes to an end with him recording three tackles and a fumble recovery over the course of five games.
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