Jets Sign Nine Players to Reserve/Future Contracts
The Jets have signed FB Nick Bawden and DL Tanzel Smart to reserve/future contracts.
Bawden (6-2, 245) was elevated for each of the last four games although was inactive against the Commanders. Prior to the Jets’ Week 16 win against Washington, he was released and then re-signed to the practice squad. Playing in 14 games this season, he has 2 rushes, one which went for a touchdown, and 3 receptions (21 yards). Bawden has also taken 299 snaps on special teams (67%). He re-signed with the Jets in March after he spent last season on injured reserve.
Originally drafted by the Rams in the sixth round in 2017 out of Tulane, Smart (6-1, 295) has appeared in 41 games (4 starts). He played in four games for the Jets this season and had 2 tackles on 63 snaps before he was placed on practice squad injured reserve Dec. 5. He has spent the past three seasons on and off the team’s practice squad and has totaled 31 tackles and 1 QB hit in his six-year career.
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Jets Sign Nine Players to Reserve/Future Contracts
The Jets have signed nine players to reserve/future contracts.
WR Malik Taylor (6-1, 220)
Taylor played in three games this season for the Jets and had 2 catches for 13 yards. He first joined the team in December 2022 and signed a reserve/future deal the following month. He battled injury this preseason, but had a 56-yard reception against the Browns in the Hall of Fame Game. Taylor played in 25 games for the Packers from 2020-21 and had 7 receptions, 80 yards and 1 touchdown. He originally signed with the Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent out of Ferris State, but spent five days with Tampa Bay before joining Green Bay.
WR Lance McCutcheon (6-3, 202)
McCutcheon joined the Jets practice squad Oct. 24 after he was released from the Texans practice squad Oct. 10. He originally signed with the Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2022 out of Montana State. He appeared in 10 games last season (1 start) and was targeted 5 times, but did not make a catch. He took 56 snaps on offense and 110 on special teams. He finished his collegiate career with 94 catches, 1,741 yards and 13 touchdowns for the Bobcats.
DL Manny Jones (6-4, 266)
Jones (6-4, 266), an undrafted free agent from Colorado State signed by Cardinals in 2022, and was elevated for four games with Arizona (6 tackles) last season. He joined the Green & White’s practice squad Dec. 19.He spent time with the Steelers and the Patriots earlier this season. In five seasons with Colorado State, Jones played in 47 games and registered 13.5 sacks and 33 tackles for loss.
DL Marquiss Spencer (6-4, 300)
Spencer spent each of the past two seasons on the Jets practice squad. He was drafted by the Broncos in the seventh round in 2021 out of Mississippi State. Spencer appeared in one game last season before signing a reserve/future contract in January. Denver waived him in August. He totaled 100 tackles, 23 TFL, 7 sacks and 1 INT for the Bulldogs in four seasons.