Josh Reynolds just had one of his best professional seasons last year with the Detroit Lions. He’ll be spending his ninth year in the NFL with the Denver Broncos after reportedly inking a new two-year deal on Thursday, according to Aaron Wilson. The wideout’s new contract comes with a maximum payout of $20 million.
Reynolds came out of Texas A&M as a fourth-round pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. That was after a collegiate career where he led the Aggies in several receiving categories during his time in College Station with totals of 164 catches for nearly 2,800 yards and 30 scores.
Reynolds was the 117th overall pick who ended up with the Rams where he’d spend his first four years in the league. In Los Angeles, he finished with 113 receptions for 1,450 yards and nine scores as a useful target in their pass game.
Then, after spending less than a year and playing in just five games for the Tennessee Titans, Reynolds found his way to Detroit at the end of 2021.
In his two or so seasons with the Lions, Reynolds has had career numbers while once again catching passes from QB Jared Goff. He has, in total, put up 97 catches for just under 1,400 yards and 10 touchdowns. Much of that came this past year where he posted the second most catches (64) and yards (608) of his career while tying his best in touchdowns (five) in the regular season.
Reynolds then caught eight more passes in the playoffs for 132 yards and a score during Detroit’s run to the NFC Championship.
More on the 2024 NFL offseason, free agency
The NFL 2024 calendar year begins at 4 p.m. ET on March 13. At that time, contracts running through 2023 officially run out, making those players free agents. Prior to the beginning of free agency, teams will have a chance to designate one franchise or transition tag player, starting on Feb. 20 at 4 p.m. ET and ending on March 5. Beginning March 11 through March 13 teams can enter into a legal negotiation with players who are set to become unrestricted free agents.
In addition to NFL free agency, the new year also marks the beginning of all trades being made official by the league office. April 19 marks the deadline to sign restricted free agents to offer sheets. On April 24, the deadline for teams to match restricted free agent offers sheets hits. Following the restricted free agent deadline follows the 2024 NFL Draft, which runs from April 25-27.
More on restricted, exclusive rights free agents
Players with only three years of accredited NFL experience become restricted free agents. Their original team will have the option to apply first-round, second-round, original-round, and right-of-fight-of-first-refusal tenders on players at escalating price tags. The higher the round, the more expensive the tender amount; however, if a separate team does offer a contract and the original team does not match that round pick will be conveyed from the new team to the original team. Right of first refusal only gives a team the option to match or not. If they don’t match, they get nothing in return. An original-round tender would send a draft pick from whatever round the player was drafted back to the original team if they chose not to match. The original team will have five days to match once a player signs an offer sheet from a new team.
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