Tuesday 12 March 2019 18:01, UK
The New York Jets will sign four-time Pro Bowl linebacker Anthony Barr, according to ESPN.
Barr has spent all five of his NFL seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, earning Pro Bowl nods in each of the past four years.
He has started all of his 71 career games, making 338 tackles, including 30 for loss and 13.5 sacks.
The Jets can't make the signing official until Wednesday.
Barr was the ninth overall pick in the 2014 draft out of UCLA, where he made 23.5 sacks in his final two seasons.
He hasn't reached those kind of sack numbers in the NFL - his season-high is four, set in his rookie season - but he was a versatile edge defender in Minnesota and could see more time as a pass-rusher for new Jets' defensive coordinator Gregg Williams.
Barr made 55 tackles, including three sacks, in 13 games last season, when he played on a $12.3m team option.
