The Kansas City Chiefs released veteran linebacker Anthony Hitchens on Tuesday, the team announced.
Hitchens joined the Chiefs as a free agent in 2018, and he notched a career-high 135 total tackles that season. In four seasons in Kansas City, he appeared in 70 total games in the regular season and playoffs.
In his final season with the Chiefs, the 29-year-old Hitchens compiled 80 tackles and an interception across 15 games.
The Chiefs will save about $8.4 million against the salary cap in 2022 with the release of Hitchens, who won a Super Bowl with the franchise in February 2020.
Before joining the Chiefs, Hitchens spent his first four NFL seasons with the Dallas Cowboys. Over 63 regular-season and playoff games for the Cowboys, he recorded 3.5 sacks, one interception and two forced fumbles.