The Minnesota Vikings signed free agent defensive end Datone Jones, the team announced.
Details of the contract were not announced, but NFL Network reported Jones signed a one-year deal worth $3.75 million. Jones can play either defensive end or outside linebacker.
A first-round draft pick out of UCLA in 2013, Jones played his first four NFL season with the Green Bay Packers and played in 59 games.
He had a career-high four starts last season, and finished that season with 30 tackles, two passes defended and one sack.
Jones played in a 3-4 defense with the Packers as an outside linebacker, but will play defensive end in a 4-3 with the Vikings.
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