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Claypool, 25, most recently played for the
Miami Dolphins, his third team in the past two seasons. He
played nine games for the Dolphins, catching four passes, after
a trade in October from the Chicago Bears. He had spent just
under a year with the Bears, coming from the Pittsburgh Steelers
in a November 2022 trade.
Claypool started his career with the Steelers, who selected the
former Notre Dame standout in the second round of the 2020 NFL
Draft.
He has 175 catches for 2,261 yards and 13 touchdowns in 58 games
(32 starts) with the Steelers, Bears and Dolphins.
The Bills also announced one-year deals with linebacker Deion
Jones and defensive end Dawuane Smoot.
Jones, 29, played his first six seasons with the Falcons and
topped 100 tackles in five of them, earning Pro Bowl honors in
2017. A second-round pick by Atlanta in 2016, Jones has 731
tackles, 12 sacks and 13 interceptions in 109 games (91 starts).
He played for the Cleveland Browns in 2022 and Carolina Panthers
in 2023.
Smoot, 29, was a 2017 third-round draft pick by the Jaguars and
has 23.5 sacks, 64 QB hits and five forced fumbles in 99 career
games (17 starts), all with Jacksonville
--Field Level Media
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