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2024 New York Jets Practice Squad

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S Jaylen Key (6-0, 208)
Key, the last pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, totaled 11 tackles on 132 snaps in three preseason games. He spent five seasons at Alabama-Birmingham before transferring to Alabama for the 2023 season. He started all 12 games for the Crimson Tide and recorded 60 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and 2 passes defensed.

TE Zack Kuntz (6-8, 251)
Kuntz was the Jets’ seventh-round pick (220th overall) out of Penn State and Old Dominion in the 2023 draft. In his first pro preseason, he caught a TD pass from Tim Boyle at Carolina. He spent the first 15 weeks of last season on the Jets’ practice squad, did not play in Game 16, and made his pro debut in Game 17 at New England with 2 offensive snaps and 4 more on special teams, He logged one catch for 9 yards on 87 offensive plays and added 34 ST snaps in the three preseason games in August before he was waived. He helps repopulate the Jets’ TEs room after Tuesday’s cuts left them with just Tyler Conklin and Jeremy Ruckert on the active roster.

OL Kohl Levao (6-5, 324)
Levao signed with the Jets in June and played 168 snaps this preseason, the most among any offensive player on the team. Before the Jets, he most recently played for the San Antonio Brahmas of the USFL at both guard spots. He lined up at center and guard for the University of Hawaii. Levao, who allowed one sack in 2021 and was an All-Mountain West honorable mention, posted a pass protection success rate of 97%. Born in America Samoa, Levao has experience at LG, C, RG and RT.

QB Adrian Martinez (6-2, 220)
Martinez signed with the team in July and threw for 270 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception this preseason while completing 53.2% of his passes. He played with the Birmingham Stallons in the United Football League (UFL) before joining the Jets, earning MVP honors while passing for 1,749 yards and 15 TDs in addition to leading the league with 528 yards rushing. The Nebraska/Kansas State product, who went undrafted in…

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