Kendricks back in Seattle for a one-year contract

Linebacker Mychal Kendricks returns to the Seattle Seahawks for a one – year contract worth up to $ 5.5 million, a source confirmed by Adam Schefter of ESPN.

At the start of last season, Kendricks pleaded guilty to insider trading charges and was released by the Cleveland Browns before signing with the Seahawks in the second week while linebackers KJ Wright and Bobby Wagner have been hurt. He played only three games before the NFL placed him under an indefinite suspension, which lasted eight games, and was then set aside for injured after being injured in the leg and knee in his first game in return.

While he was replacing Wright at the linebacker, Kendricks recorded 19 tackles and two sacks in four games.

Kendricks' conviction for insider trading was scheduled for January, but was postponed until April 4, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania Eastern District of the US District Court told ESPN.

According to the Securities and Exchange Commission's complaint, Kendricks, 28, was in his second season with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2013, when he met Damilare Sonoiki, an analyst at Harvard's Goldman Sachs investment bank. From July 2014 to November 2014, the SEC claimed that Sonoiki had illegally fed Kendricks information on business acquisitions prior to the public announcement of these transactions. These tips allowed Kendricks to make illegal profits of approximately $ 1.2 million.

After announcing charges, Kendricks said in a statement that he was "attracted by the lure of being more than a football player". He also said he developed a "false sense of trust" because of his education and his job at Goldman Sachs.

"Although I did not understand all the details of the illegal transactions, I knew it was wrong and I wholeheartedly regret my actions," said Kendricks, who said that he would repay everything that had been earned illegally, even if he did not make any profit. for himself.

Kendricks had signed a one-year contract with Cleveland last June after his release from the Eagles after six seasons.

The news of Wednesday's agreement has been reported for the first time by the NFL network.