Veteran linebacker Rey Maualuga is staying in Cincinnati.
The Bengals have announced that Maualuga, who was slated to become a free agent next week, has signed a three-year contract to remain with the team.
Maualuga has had his share of injury issues but has always been a starter when healthy, since the Bengals chose him in the second round of the 2009 NFL draft. Last year Maualuga played 12 games in the regular season, and the Bengals’ playoff game.
The 28-year-old Maualuga would have drawn some interest elsewhere, but he’s been a mainstay in Marvin Lewis’s defense and can now return to his spot in the starting lineup in Cincinnati.
