Safety Xavier McKinney played every defensive snap for the New York Giants during the 2023 NFL season. But he won’t play a single one for New York in 2024: The former Alabama defensive back is leaving in free agency for the Green Bay Packers.

The Packers plan to sign McKinney to a four-year, $68 million contract when his current deal with the Giants expires at 3 p.m. CDT Wednesday, NFL Network and ESPN reported on Monday.

At 11 a.m. Monday, players with at least four seasons of NFL experience and expiring contracts could begin negotiating deals with other teams, and Green Bay quickly targeted McKinney.

The defensive pass-game coordinator for the Packers is Derrick Ansley, who was Alabama’s defensive-backs coach during McKinney’s freshman season with the Crimson Tide.

Reports on Monday indicated Green Bay also plans to add former Alabama running back Josh Jacobs in free agency. McKinney and Jacobs were Crimson Tide teammates in 2017 and 2018.

In 2023, McKinney played all 1,128 of New York’s defensive snaps and recorded 116 tackles, three interceptions and 11 passes defended. Only three other NFL players reached those numbers in those three stats in 2023 – Atlanta Falcons safety Jessie Bates III, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Fred Warner and Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Antoine Winfield Jr. Bates was a Pro Bowler and Warner and Winfield were first-team All-Pro picks.

McKinney has not earned all-star accolades even though in his two NFL seasons unaffected by injury he recorded 209 tackles and eight interceptions.

McKinney has played in 49 regular-season games since joining the Giants in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft. A foot injury caused him to miss the first nine games of his rookie season. A hand injury sidelined him for eight games in the 2022 season.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.