NFL Free Agency: Titans Re-Sign Receiver Nick Westbrook-Ikhine to 1-Year Deal
NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Titans are restoring depth to the wide receiver position by re-signing Nick Westbrook-Ikhine to a one-year contract, the NFL Network is reporting.
Fresh off making one of the biggest splashes in NFL free agency — a four-year, $92 million deal for receiver Calvin Ridley — the Titans are bringing back Westbrook-Ikhine, a reliable special teams performer and backup who has averaged 30 catches and 415 yards the past three seasons.
Westbrook-Ikhine and Treylon Burks, both big-bodied receivers at 6-foot-2 and 215-plus pounds, are expected to be third and fourth downfield options for quarterback Will Levis behind 1,000-yard starters Ridley and DeAndre Hopkins.
Westbrook-Ikhine, who played college ball at Indiana, joined the Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2020. He earned playing time quickly on special teams, and is one of the best run-blocking receivers on the Titans.
Terms of his new contract are undisclosed.
Here are the Titans' moves so far this week:
- Calvin Ridley, wide receiver, four years, $92 million;
- Lloyd Cushenberry, center, four years, $50 million;
- Chidobe Awuzie, cornerback, three years, $25.5 million;
- Tony Pollard, running back, three years, $21.75 million;
- Kenneth Murray, linebacker, two years, $18 million;
- Mason Rudolph, quarterback, one year, $3.62 million;
- Saahdiq Charles, guard, one year, terms undisclosed;
- Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, wide receiver, one year, terms undisclosed;
- Nick Folk, placekicker, one year, terms undisclosed;
- Julius Chestnut, running back, one year, terms undisclosed;
- Jack Gibbens, linebacker, tendered as exclusive rights free agent;
- and Morgan Cox, long snapper, one year, terms undisclosed.
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