The New York Jets officially placed franchise S Marcus Maye, DT Fatukasi Folorunso and DE Vinny Curry on the non-football injury list and DT Quinnen Williams, DB Ashtyn Davis, DT Jonathan Marshall and DE Kyle Phillips on the PUP list.
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These players still count against the team’s 90-man limit and can be activated from the lists at any time.
Maye, 28, is a former second-round pick of the Jets back in 2017. He just finished the final year of his four-year, $6.554 million contract that included $4.134 million guaranteed.
The Jets used their franchise tag on Maye this past February that will cost them $10.5 million for the 2021 season.
In 2020, Maye appeared in all 16 games for the Jets and recorded 88 tackles, two sacks, two forced fumbles, one recovery, two interceptions and 11 pass defenses. He was rated by Pro Football Focus as the No. 5 safety out of 94 qualifying players.
Williams, 23, was selected by the Jets with the No. 3 overall pick out of Alabama in the 2019 NFL Draft. He signed a four-year, $32,529,380 rookie contract that includes $21,677,732 signing bonus.
His contract also includes a fifth-year option for the Jets to potentially pick up.
In 2020, Williams appeared in 13 games for the Jets and recorded 55 tackles, seven sacks, two forced fumbles and three pass defenses. Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 15 interior defender out of 131 qualifying players.
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