Lions sign fourth-round pick Jason Fox

The Lions reached an agreement with rookie offensive tackle Jason Fox on a three-year contract Friday.

Fox, the Lions' fourth-round selection (128th overall) in April's NFL draft, is the first draft pick signed by the Lions this offseason.

Terms of the contract were not released, though profootballtalk.com reported that Fox got a bonus of $330,907. Combined with the standard minimum salary for rookies, Fox would earn $1.55 million over the three years of the contract.

Fox started 47 games for the University of Miami, ranking third in their history among offensive linemen, behind the 48 registered by Mike Sullivan (1987-90) and Richard Mercier (1995-96, 98-99).

Fox has been working mostly at left tackle this offseason, but coach Jim Schwartz said he'll begin to work on the both the right and left sides during training camp.



(detnews.com)