Two offseasons in a row, Tre Boston entered NFL free agency as one of the top safeties on the market, only to come away with a one-year deal each time.
But when free agency kicked off last week, the former North Carolina standout finally received the multi-year deal he'd been looking for.
On Thursday, Boston officially signed a three-year contract with the Carolina Panthers, the team that selected him in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft and with which he's spent four of his six professional seasons. As much as it would have meant to receive that commitment from any team, it meant that much more coming from the Panthers.