Returnees: DL Quinnen Williams (6th year), DL Solomon Thomas (8th), DL Micheal Clemons (3rd), Edge Will McDonald (2nd), DL Tanzel Smart (4th), DL Jalyn Holmes (5th), DL Bruce Hector (3rd)
New Vets: DL Javon Kinlaw (5th year), DL Leki Fotu (5th), Edge/LB Haason Reddick (8th), DL Takk McKinley (7th)
Newcomers: Edge Braiden McGregor (UDFA), DL Leonard Taylor (UDFA), DL Eric Watts (UDFA)
What’s New
New Jersey native Haason Reddick.
After two seasons in Philadelphia, Reddick makes the trek up Interstate 95 and takes the exit to I-287 en route to 1 Jets Drive in Florham Park. He is expected to be an able replacement for Bryce Huff, who coincidentally signed in free agency with the Eagles.
Reddick brings along a compelling résumé. Last season with that other team in green, Reddick logged 11 sacks, 23 QB hits, 13 tackles for loss and was named to the Pro Bowl. In his first season in Philly (after a season in Carolina and four years in Arizona), he delivered a career-high 16 sacks, 26 QB hits and finished fourth in voting for the Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year. Over the past four NFL seasons, the Camden, NJ, native has amassed 51 sacks, fourth-most in the NFL behind Cincinnati’s Trey Hendrickson (53), Cleveland’s Myles Garrett (58) and Pittsburgh’s T.J. Watt (62).
In addition, the Jets added Javon Kinlaw (San Francisco) and Leki Fotu (Las Vegas) in free agency, each of whom will be entering his fifth season in the NFL. After minicamp in June, the team signed Takk McKinley (Atlanta’s first-round draft pick in 2017 after a tryout). With the Falcons, McKinley played for Jeff Ulbrich, now the Jets’ defensive coordinator, when he was Atlanta’s linebackers coach.
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