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Chase Claypool is a free agent heading into the 2024 season.
The Buffalo Bills have reached an injury settlement with the wide receiver and he’s now free to join a new team when healthy, per NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo.
Per Pro Football Talk’s Myles Simmons, the Bills placed Claypool on the injury reserve list earlier this week after he suffered a toe injury that left him day-to-day.
The Bills signed Claypool to a one-year deal in May, hoping to add some depth after Stefon Diggs was traded to the Houston Texans and Gabe Davis departed for the Jacksonville Jaguars in free agency.
The 25-year-old has been with four different teams since 2022, wrapping up the 2023 campaign with the Miami Dolphins after being traded from the Chicago Bears in October. He had 77 yards and a touchdown between his time with the Bears and Dolphins last year.
The best years of Claypool’s career came during his first two seasons in the league with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The former second-round pick had 873 receiving yards and nine touchdowns in the air along with two rushing touchdowns during his rookie year in 2020 and added 860 receiving yards and two touchdowns in 2021.
Claypool was hoping to resurge his career with the Bills, who need receivers to step up this season, but he’ll instead look to bounce back elsewhere.
