A little more than six months after Saivion Smith was briefly paralyzed in the opening minutes of a football game between the Detroit Lions and New England Patriots, the cornerback is re-signing with the Lions and resuming his professional football career.
A source familiar with the negotiations confirmed the agreement that was first reported by the NFL Network.
An undrafted free agent out of Alabama in 2019, Smith was part of five NFL rosters before joining the Lions late in 2021. He began last season on the team's practice squad before he was promoted to the active roster and thrust into the starting lineup for the team's Week 5 game against New England.