NFL Free Agency: Kevin Jarvis makes 2023 NFL Free Agency decision

Plenty of different players across the National Football League have been figuring out their new homes for next year this offseason. Former Michigan State standout Kevin Jarvis settled on his new team on Friday afternoon.

He signed a one-year deal with the Buffalo Bills, the franchise announced via a press release on Friday. Jarvis signed as an undrafted free agent with the Detroit Lions following the 2022 NFL Draft.

The former MSU star was placed on injured reserve with an undisclosed injury and was released by the Lions before the 2022-2023 season.

During his college football career with the Michigan State Spartans, Jarvis started in 39 of 44 career games. His senior season (2021), he earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors after starting all 12 regular season games for the Spartans. Jarvis had eight starts at right guard before starting the final four games at right tackle.

Kevin Jarvis makes his free agency decision and more info on the 2023 NFL offseason, free agency

The NFL 2023 calendar year is set to begin at 4 p.m. ET on March 15 when contracts running through 2022 will officially run out, making those players free agents. Prior to the beginning of free agency, teams will have a chance to designate one franchise or transition tag player, starting on Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. ET and ending on March 7. Beginning March 13 through March 15 teams will be allowed a legal negotiation with players who are set to become unrestricted free agents.

In addition to NFL free agency, the new year also marks the beginning of all trades being made official by the league office. April 21 marks the deadline to sign restricted free agents to offer sheets while April 26 marks the deadline for teams to match restricted free agent offers sheets. 722 players are slated to become free agents in 2023.

More on restricted, exclusive rights free agents

Players with only three years of accredited NFL experience become restricted free agents. Their original team will have the option to apply first-round, second-round, original-round, and right-of-fight-of-first-refusal tenders on players at escalating price tags. The higher the round, the more expensive the tender amount; however, if a separate team does offer a contract and the original team does not match that round pick will be conveyed from the new team to the original team. Right of first refusal only gives a team the option to match or not. If they don’t match, they get nothing in return. An original-round tender would send a draft pick from whatever round the player was drafted back to the original team if they chose not to match. The original team will have five days to match once a player signs an offer sheet from a new team.