The Minnesota Vikings selected Kearse, 30, in the seventh round of the 2016 draft. The Vikings were his home team during his first four NFL seasons. Kearse made 62 appearances overall for the Vikings, all of them as a backup, with five starts.
Following his free agency in 2021, he alternated between the Detroit Lions and the Baltimore Ravens.
After a slow start, Jayron Kearse bounced back, and the Denver Broncos arrested him. Jayron Kearse is the #1 player for the Dallas Cowboys.
Since the 2018 season, Kearse has not participated in the entire schedule of regular season games. In addition, he received a three-game suspension in 2020 following a DWI in October 2019.
In July 2020, Michael Rothstein of ESPN reported that “Detroit Lions safety Jayron Kearse has been suspended three games by the NFL for violation of its substance abuse policy.” “In October of last year, Kearse was charged with DWI and unlawfully carrying a pistol while he was with the Vikings. In October, Kearse expressed regret for his behavior and stated that the arrest “does not reflect who I am as a person.”
The 6-foot-4 safety spent the final month of 2020 on the practice squad of the Ravens before signing a contract with the Dallas Cowboys in 2021. With Dallas in 2023, he racked up 72 total tackles, 4 pass deflections, 1.5 sacks, and 1 interception.
Of his 46 appearances for the Cowboys, he started 42 of them.
According to Over The Cap, Kearse has made $15.2 million in his career and just signed a two-year, $10 million contract.
The influence of his age and the current NFL season on his asking price in free agency is unknown. Despite having $7.7 million in salary room, the Broncos may still add more by renegotiating the contracts of players like Garett Bolles and D.J. Jones.
Even though their depth is unknown, Denver might not feel pressured to attack.
Ourlads anticipates Jones, who inked a three-year, $20 million contract in free agency, will start opposite former undrafted free agent P.J. Locke during the regular season. Throughout his career, Locke has fought with ailments.
A $7 million, two-year contract extension was inked by him in the offseason of 2024.
Delarrin Turner-Yell and Caden Sterns of the Broncos are behind him. Due to a patellar injury, Sterns missed all but one game of the 2023 season. He has also experienced limited activity during training camp.
“With Caden Sterns still sidelined, the #Broncos don’t have much proven depth at safety behind Brandon Jones and P.J. Locke, but Sean Payton’s encouraged so far w/youth,” Parker Gabriel of The Denver Post wrote on X on July 25. “They are leaving. They are currently in action. I enjoy how they are performing.
“JL Skinner had a few flashes today.”
In the 2023 draft, Skinner was selected in the sixth round. He is the least experienced member of the group having only played in two games. With three seasons under his belt, including this injury-shortened 2023 campaign, Sterns has the most experience.
Skinner is the most experienced of the three, having made 30 appearances in his two seasons—nine more than Sterns.