The Buffalo Bills have agreed to a one-year deal with Canadian wide receiver Chase Claypool.
Claypool spent the 2023 season with the Chicago Bears and Miami Dolphins. He had eight receptions for 77 yards and a touchdown last season.
The Abbotsford, B.C., native was selected in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He had an impressive start to his NFL career making 62 receptions for 873 yards and touchdowns while adding another two touchdowns on the ground.
After combining for over 1,600 yards in his first two seasons, the 25-year-old has struggled which led to a trade to Chicago where he fell out of favour with the coaching staff.
He now joins a Bills team that is looking to revamp their offence around Josh Allen after trading Stefon Diggs to the Houston Texans and seeing Gabe Davis leave in free agency.
The Bills added receiver Keon Coleman in the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft and and signed free-agent wideouts Curtis Samuel and Mack Hollins.
They also signed defensive end Dawuane Smoot and linebacker Deion Jones to one-year contracts.
Smoot spent seven seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In 99 games, including 17 starts, he's had 23.5 sacks, 133 total tackles, 64 quarterback hits, 27 tackles for loss, five forced fumbles, five passes defensed and two fumble recoveries. He'll have a chance to fill a spot behind Von Miller and Greg Rousseau.
Jones has played for three teams in his nine NFL seasons and has 13 career interceptions, five of which he's returned for touchdowns. He has 731 tackles overall, 12 sacks and made at least 100 tackles in a season five times.
--With files from the Associated Press.
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