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Cowboys News: Ex-Lions DE Kerry Hyder Signs Contract with Dallas

The Dallas Cowboys announced on Monday the signing of former Detroit Lions defensive end Kerry Hyder to a three-year contract.

Hyder, 27, has registered 42 tackles and nine sacks in 23 career games. Eight of those sacks came in an impressive 2016 season, though an Achilles injury cost him the entire 2017 campaign and he made just seven appearances for the Lions in 2018.

As Jon Machota of the Dallas Morning News noted, Hyder "wasn't a great fit when Detroit changed its defensive scheme last year.