Wide receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones will be back with the Detroit Lions for the 2024 season.

Bleacher Report’s Jordan Schultz reported on March 16 that Peoples-Jones agreed to return to Detroit on a 1-year contract worth as much as $2 million.

“Breaking: Free agent WR Donovan Peoples-Jones is re-signing with the Lions for 1-year, up to $2 million, source tells Bleacher Report,” wrote Schultz on X (formerly Twitter)

“Detroit prioritized keeping DPJ, who the organization believes is a rising player at just 25 years old.”

The Lions acquired Peoples-Jones at the 2023 NFL trade deadline on October 31. Detroit sent a 2025 sixth-round pick to the Cleveland Browns for the receiver.

In eight games with the Lions, Peoples-Jones had 5 receptions for 58 yards on 7 targets.

Peoples-Jones made a minimal impact after the Lions acquired him at the NFL trade deadline last year. But as Schultz indicated, the organization clearly has a lot of faith in the 25-year-old.

It’s not too hard to see why. In 2021 and 2022, Peoples-Jones eclipsed the 500-yard receiving mark and averaged 15.1 yards per catch with 6 touchdowns.

Over his first two seasons with the Browns, he recorded 18.8 yards per reception. Then in 2022, Peoples-Jones had 61 catches and 839 receiving yards.