Transaction: Lions Sign G Jonah Jackson

Per the Detroit lions official twitter feed, they announced today the signing of 3rd Round Draft Pick Jonah Jackson. The second pick of the 3rd Round (DE Julian Okwara signed a couple weeks ago), the big Guard from Ohio State is expected to immediately step into the competition with veterans Joe Dahl, Kenny Wiggins, Beau Benzschawel and fellow rookie Logan Stenberg to be one of the two starting Guards for the Lions this fall.. Numbers were not posted yet, but it is believed that the deal will be very similar to Okwara, who went 8 selections earlier in the round. Once Spotrac has them loaded, I will update with the correct amounts.

[EDIT] The numbers are now available, and Jackson was signed to a 4 -year, $4,796,768 deal with a signing bonus of $1,048,560.

As mentioned, Jackson follows Okwara, DT John Penisini and Logan Stenberg who signed back in May. Status of each Lions draft pick below: Rd 1: Jeff Okudah CB Status: Unsigned Rd 2: D' Andre Swift RB Status: Unsigned Rd 3a: Julian Okwara DE Status: 4-Year $4.927M Contract with $1.143M Signing Bonus Rd 3b: Jonah Jackson OG Status: Year $4.797M Contract with $1.049M Signing Bonus Rd 4: Logan Stenberg OG Status: 4-Year, $4.037M Contract with $742K Signing Bonus Rd 5a: Quintez Cephus WR Status: Unsigned Rd 5b: Jason Huntley RB Status: Unsigned Rd 6: John Penisini DT Status: 4-year $3.467M deal with $171K signing bonus Rd 7: Jashon Cornell DT Status: Unsigned