The Denver Broncos officially signed outside linebacker Frank Clark to a one-year contract on Tuesday, the team announced.
Denver agreed to terms of a $5.5 million deal with Clark last week and he arrived at the team’s facility this week to put pen to paper. Following Baron Browning’s offseason knee surgery, Clark will give the Broncos another starting-caliber edge defender to play across from Randy Gregory.
Clark won a pair of Super Bowls with the Kansas City Chiefs. Before that, he played with the Seattle Seahawks.
“He has a [Chiefs Super Bowl] ring ceremony coming up. That will be a little awkward,” Denver coach Sean Payton joked after Tuesday’s minicamp practice.
Clark (6-3, 272 pounds) is a three-time Pro Bowler with 58.5 career sacks on his resume. He recorded five sacks in 15 games last year and 4.5 sacks in 14 games in 2021. He also totaled 30 quarterback hits over the last two seasons, and he recorded 7.5 sacks in Kansas City’s two postseason runs that ended with championship wins (six games).
Payton confirmed that Clark will play as an outside linebacker in the Broncos’ 3-4 defense. The 30-year-old pass rusher previously played as a defensive end in the 4-3 defenses of the Seahawks and Chiefs.
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