Dave Birkett

Detroit Free Press

The Detroit Lions gave new defensive tackle Akeem Spence a $2.25 million signing bonus as part of the three-year, $9 million contract he agreed to Thursday.

Spence can earn up to $10.5 million over the life of the contract if he reaches playing time escalators of $750,000 for the 2018-19 contract years.

Spence, who's expected to be a rotational defensive tackle for the Lions this fall backing up Haloti Ngata and A'Shawn Robinson, has base salaries of $1.25 million, $2.4 million and $2.15 million each of the next three years.

He also has per-game roster bonuses each season that total $250,000 for appearing on the 46-man gameday roster, and $100,00 workout bonuses in 2018-19.

Here are the full details of Spence's contract:

2017

Base salary: $1.25 million.

Per-game roster bonus (total): $250,000 (for being on the 46-man roster).

2018

Base salary: $2.4 million.

Per-game roster (total): $250,000 (for being on the 46-man roster).

Workout: $100,000.

2019

Base salary: $2.15 million.

Per-game roster (total): $250,000 (for being on the 46-man roster).

Workout: $100,000.

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