NFL Rumors: Jaguars' Yannick Ngakoue to End Contract Holdout, Report to Camp

One of the NFL's holdouts this preseason is coming to an end. 

According to NFL.com's Ian Rapoport, Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Yannick Ngakoue is planning on reporting to the team on Sunday:

Ngakoue's return was expected. As John Reid of Jacksonville.com reported Saturday, the star defensive end had until Tuesday to report to the team to accumulate a fourth season, allowing him to become an unrestricted free agent in 2020.

Had he held out beyond this Tuesday, he would have become a restricted free agent instead, allowing the Jaguars to match any offers he signed. 

"I know it will be before a certain date, and when he comes, we'll be excited about it," Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone said on July 25, per Reid. "We've been talking to him, and then again, it's just between Yannick and his agent, management, contracts. But he's working hard. He's trying to get this thing done."

Ngakoue, a third-round pick in the 2016 NFL draft, has been excellent in his short career, registering 81 tackles and 29.5 sacks in his first three seasons. He has yet to miss a game, and last year posted 9.5 sacks.

According to Austin Gayle of Pro Football Focus, "Ngakoue ranks ninth in pass-rush grade (87.6) among the 81 NFL edge defenders with 400 or more pass-rushing snaps over the past two seasons."

"I know what I'm worth," Ngakoue said in May, per Reid. "It's self-explanatory what I've done in three years, what I've amassed in three years. That (contract situation) is more a front-office question. They control those things, the only thing I control is getting better, so that's why I left—to try and get better."

And now he's back, excellent news for a Jaguars team looking to return to the postseason after a disappointing 2018 campaign.