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Detroit Lions re-signing Miles Killebrew

Allen Park — The Detroit Lions are bringing back one of the team's special teams standouts, agreeing to terms on a deal with Miles Killebrew.

A fourth-round draft pick in 2016, Killebrew has been one of the team's top kick-coverage players in recent years. His 15 special teams tackles in 2019 ranked fourth in the NFL, one behind the league-leaders.

Killebrew played a career-high 353 defensive snaps in 2017, but saw that drop to zero the following season as the Lions experimented with moving him to linebacker under new coach Matt Patricia.