The Jets reached an agreement Saturday retain one of their backup wide receivers. Would-be restricted free agent Vyncint Smith re-signed to stay with the Jets, the team announced.
Offering Smith a tender would have cost the Jets more than $2MM. Instead, as Ryan Dunleavy of the New York Post reports, the two sides agreed to a “highly-incentivized” one-year pact with some guaranteed cash to give Smith a little security.
A former UDFA out of Division II Limestone College, Smith has been with the Jets since September 2019. Gang Green poached him off the Texans’ practice squad early that season. The Texans added the small-school product as a UDFA in 2018. Smith started four games in 2019, catching 17 passes for 225 yards, but only totaled one reception last season.
Two days away from the legal tampering period, the Jets have most of their 2020 receiving corps under contract. Only Breshad Perriman is a UFA-to-be; Chris Hogan has since returned to lacrosse. Though Jamison Crowder was a rumored cut candidate, thanks to his team-high $11.4MM cap number, he remains with the team.