Tracy Walker bids Detroit farewell with gratitude.
Tracy Walker’s tenure with the Detroit Lions looks to be over. Walker thanked the Lions fans on social media for their support throughout his six seasons in Detroit and offered a touching farewell.
Even though the decision isn’t official yet, it makes sense. Walker’s potential salary cap reduction for Detroit has been widely conjectured. The Lions defender with the longest contract, who is expected to make slightly less than $8 million in pay in 2024, was a healthy scratch for the majority of the second half of the season. The Lions’ salary cap space is saved $5.5 million this year by cutting Walker.
Walker is one of the emotional leaders of the team and has been a starter for a long time.
Veteran safety Tracy Walker III was released by the Detroit Lions, the organization announced on social media Tuesday night.
Walker appeared to bid Detroit farewell on Instagram early on Tuesday.
“Detroit He added, “I want to thank you for accepting me as family and welcoming me in as a rookie,” expressing gratitude to the Ford family for the previous six seasons with the team.
“I want to express my gratitude to my followers and admirers for always supporting me. “I express my gratitude to the city for supporting me,” he continued. There were a lot of ups and downs, but that’s just a part of life; 90% of what happens to you is how you react. That said, Year 7 has a bright future and TTIME is approaching faster than ever.
Putting Out Walker gives the Lions $5.5 million in salary cap room in 2024, per the Roster Management System.
Walker, 29, started six of the 17 games he played in during the previous season. In the end, he recorded 59 tackles, 2 interceptions, 1 forced fumble, and 1 sack.
Walker, a Louisiana native, was selected by the Lions as the 82nd overall choice in the third round of the 2018 NFL draft. Walker was a key member of the Lions’ secondary for the majority of his first four seasons, and on March 15, 2022, he agreed to a three-year, $25 million agreement. However, in Week 3, he suffered an Achilles tear, which prevented him from playing the rest of the 2022 season.
This past season, Walker would mostly play as a backup, however he did start five games when C.J. Gardner-Johnson had a torn pectoral muscle. Ifeatu Melifonwu took over his starting spot in the second half of the season.
Twice in his career, in 2019 (103 tackles) and 2021 (108 tackles), Walker has over 100 tackles. He has 398 tackles, 3 interceptions, and 4 sacks in 79 games (43 starts).
Former Ole Miss and NFL athlete Jerrell Powe will not be indicted by a grand jury.
RIDGELAND, Miss. According to his lawyer, a Mississippi grand jury has chosen not to indict former NFL player Jerrell Powe, who was taken into custody in 2023 on suspicion of kidnapping.
Tom Fortner revealed to The Associated Press on Monday that he was informed in December by the Madison County district attorney’s office that a grand jury had decided not to indict Powe so that he might face charges. Grand juries convene in secret.
A man in Laurel, approximately 75 miles (120 kilometers) southeast of Jackson, said he had been taken against his will. This led police to detain Powe and another individual at a bank in the Ridgeland neighborhood of Jackson.
From 2008 to 2010, Powe was a defensive tackle at the University of Mississippi. In 37 games, he ended with 69 tackles, seven sacks, and an interception. In 2009 and 2010, Powe was selected to the Second Team All-Southeastern Conference.
Powe was chosen by the Kansas City Chiefs in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL Draft. During the course of three seasons, he participated in 12 games for the Chiefs, recording eight tackles and one sack. Powe made 10 tackles in 16 games while playing for the Houston Texans in 2014.
On Monday, the 31-year-old running back Mike Davis, who spent eight seasons playing for six different NFL clubs, announced his retirement.
During his career, Davis played for the Seattle, San Francisco, Carolina, Atlanta, Chicago, and Baltimore teams. He finished with 2,052 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns and 1,066 receiving yards and four scores.
In 2020, he had a career-high 165 carries, 642 running yards, six rushing touchdowns, 59 catches, 373 receiving yards, and two receiving touchdowns in Carolina, which was his best season to date.
After being selected by San Francisco out of South Carolina in the fourth round of the 2015 NFL Draft, Davis played for two seasons with the 49ers, two seasons with the Seahawks, and two seasons with many other teams, including the Falcons, his hometown team, from 2019 to 22.
His final season in the league was in 2022, when he made eight appearances for Baltimore, gaining eight yards on eight carries.
In 2021, during his lone season with the team, Davis was nominated for the Walter Payton Man of the Year award in Atlanta.