The Minnesota Vikings have agreed to a four-year, $72 million contract with Houston Texans free agent defensive end Jonathan Greenard, agents Drew Rosenhaus and Robert Bailey told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The agreement with Greenard comes with the Vikings’ top two pass rushers — Danielle Hunter and D.J. Wonnum — pending unrestricted free agents.
Greenard, 26, has 23 sacks in his career but performed his best in a contract year last season. He posted career-highs in sacks (12.5), tackles (52), quarterback hits (22), tackles for loss (15) and games played (15).
He led the Texans in sacks as the defense set a franchise single-season sacks record (46).
Selected in the third round of the 2021 draft by the Texans, Greenard was also effective at defending the run game last season. He had the third-highest run stop win rate (37%) among ends with at least 200 snaps and a pass rush win rate of 22.4% (sixth highest).
One drawback for Greenard is that he has dealt with injuries in each season of his career, having never played more than 15 games in a season. He has played in 48 out of a possible 67 games in his career. But in his last 35 games, Greenard has totaled 22 sacks.
ESPN’s Kevin Seifert and DJ Bien-Aime contributed to this report.
Source: www.espn.com