Jabrill Peppers' Fifth-Year Option Picked Up
5 years agoThe New York Giants picked up the fifth-year option on linebacker/strong safety Jabrill Peppers on Wednesday. Pepper's 2021 salary will depend on whether he's awarded the safety price of roughly $7 million or the linebacker price of around $10.089 million. He came over last spring in the deal that sent receiver Odell Beckham Jr. to the Browns and was originally taken 25th overall in the 2017 draft. Before a season-ending back injury suffered against the Bears last year, Peppers had 76 tackles and returned an interception for a touchdown. The G-Men are hoping that the former first-round pick can emerge as a leader in the team's rebuilt secondary. Second-round pick Xavier McKinney will likely start alongside Peppers in 2020.
Source: NJ Advance Media - Matt Lombardo
Source: NJ Advance Media - Matt Lombardo