The Detroit Lions re-signed cornerback Kindle Vildor to an undisclosed one-year deal on Wednesday. Vildor will return to Detroit after spending the 2023 season with the Lions and Tennessee Titans. In just seven games (two starts) between the two teams, he had 11 tackles (10 solo) and a forced fumble. Vildor also spent time with the Philadelphia Eagles last year but only played in NFL games in Detroit and Tennessee. The 26-year-old was originally a fifth-round pick (163rd overall) by the Chicago Bears in 2020 out of Georgia Southern. Vildor spent the first three years of his NFL career in Chicago and has a total of 108 tackles (77 solo), one sack, five tackles for loss, one interception, 12 passes defensed and a forced fumble in 51 games (24 starts) over four years in the league. It remains to be seen if Vildor will be a starter in 2024 after becoming a starter in Week 17 last year.
With the No. 163 overall pick in the fifth round, the Chicago Bears took Georgia Southern cornerback Kindle Vildor. He's not very big at 5-foot-10, 191 pounds, but Vildor has good length and flashes the ability to disrupt receivers off the line of scrimmage. Being undersized and not particularly fast, though, he struggles with change of direction, although he finished his college career with nine interceptions. There's plenty of room for improvement here in his tackling game and his ability to fight through blocks because of his size. It'll take time for Vildor to make his case for a starting spot in Chicago.
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