New York: The Green Bay Packers signed eight-time Pro Bowl defensive end Julius Peppers, General Manager Ted Thompson announced Saturday.
Peppers, 34, agreed to a three-year, $30 million (Dh110 million) deal, according to ESPN.
Peppers’ agent, Carl Carey, said his client will be paid a salary of $8.5 million per year, and $7.5 million is guaranteed.
The Chicago Bears made the 6-foot-7, 287-pound Peppers available when they released him on Tuesday.
Packers defensive line coach Mike Trgovac coached Peppers from 2002-08 when they were with the Carolina Panthers.
Peppers spent the last four years with the Bears. He had 7.5 sacks last season, the fewest since joining them. He started every game in those four years, had 37.5 sacks and made the Pro Bowl in the first three years after making the game 2004-06 and 2008-12.
A three-time first-team All-Pro (2004, 2006 and 2010), Peppers was drafted in the first round (No. 2 overall) in 2002 by Carolina and played with the Panthers through 2009 before joining the Bears.
