Safety Eric Reid is returning to the Carolina Panthers, signing a three-year contract on Monday.
Reid, who spent the previous five seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, was unemployed last season until the Panthers signed him after safety Da'Norris Searcy was placed on injured reserve.
Reid was the first player to join former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in kneeling during the anthem to protest social injustice in the United States.
The NFL Players Association filed a grievance against the league on Reid's behalf in May after he had gone unsigned in free agnecy.