NFLs’s Lions sign WR Boldin just before kicking off camp

Published 9:00 am Thursday, July 28, 2016

ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The Detroit Lions have signed wide receiver Anquan Boldin.

The NFL team made the move just before opening training camp on Thursday.

Boldin bolsters depth at a position depleted by the retirement of Calvin Johnson.

Boldin ranks among the NFL’s top 20 all-time in receptions (1,009) and yards receiving (13,195). He has scored 75 touchdowns and started 182 games with Arizona, Baltimore and San Francisco over his 13-year career.

The 35-year-old Boldin started 13 games last season with the 49ers, making 69 catches for 789 yards. He gives Matthew Stafford another option in a receiving corps that includes Golden Tate and Marvin Jones, a former Cincinnati Bengal, who signed a five-year contract days after Johnson retired in March.