According to NFL insider Ian Rapoport, the Detroit Lions are not expected to pick up the fifth-year option for LB Jarrad Davis.
The #Lions are not expected to pick up the fifth-year option for 2017 first-round LB Jarrad Davis, source said. Davis now becomes a free agent after the 2020 season.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) May 2, 2020
This comes as no surprise as Davis had underachieved since being selected by the Lions in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft. Had the Lions picked up the option, Davis would have made around $10 million in 2021.
Davis will become a free agent following the 2020 season.