According to multiple reports, the Minnesota Vikings agreed on Tuesday to terms on a one-year contract with former Lions cornerback Jeff Okudah. The Vikings had announced Okudah’s visit with the club on Monday.
Okudah, a former first-round cornerback and the Detroit Lions’ No. 3 overall pick from the 2020 draft, has been plagued with injuries throughout his NFL career. The 26-year-old played in only 10 of a possible 33 games over his first two years with the Lions, hampered by hamstring, shoulder and Achilles tendon injuries (he tore the Achilles tendon in the 2021 opener and missed the entire season).
The cornerback later played in 2023 for the Atlanta Falcons, who acquired him for a fifth-round draft pick in a trade with the Lions. After spending 2023 with the Falcons, he signed a one-year deal with the Houston Texans last offseason, but a quad injury limited him to appearing in just six games while playing on special teams in the opener.
In 44 games with 31 starts for the Lions, Falcons, and Texans, Okudah has registered 14 passes defensed and two interceptions.
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