Raiders bring back DT on 3-year contract before free agency begins
The Raiders are bringing back a key defensive lineman.
The club has agreed to terms with defensive tackle Adam Butler, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed Sunday. Butler, 30, earned a three-year, $16.5 million deal with $11 million guaranteed. He was a pending unrestricted free agent and could have started talking to other teams at 9 a.m. Monday.
Butler, who is listed at 6-foot-5 and 300 pounds, had 65 tackles and five sacks with the Raiders last season and started 16 games.
He has 206 tackles and 27 sacks in his seven-year NFL career. Butler was undrafted out of Vanderbilt in 2017 and played for the Patriots and Dolphins before joining the Raiders.
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