The New York Jets announced they placed TE C.J. Uzomah on injured reserve and activated TE Kenny Yeboah.
We've activated TE Kenny Yeboah and placed TE CJ Uzomah on IR.
— New York Jets (@nyjets) December 6, 2023
Uzomah, 30, is a former fifth-round pick of the Bengals back in the 2015 draft out of Auburn. He played out the final year of his four-year rookie contract before agreeing to a three-year, $18 million deal with the Bengals in 2019.
Uzomah made base salaries of $3,050,000 and $4,750,000 over the next two years of this deal and was testing the open market as an unrestricted free agent when he signed a three-year, $24 million deal with the Jets.
The Jets restructured Uzomah’s deal back in March to clear $3.6 million in cap space.
In 2023, Uzomah has appeared in 12 games for the Jets and caught eight passes for 58 yards and a touchdown.
Yeboah, 25, went undrafted out of Ole Miss back in 2021 before catching on with the Jets. He was waived coming out of the preseason and re-signed to the practice squad before later being promoted to the active roster.
The Jets waived Yeboah again in 2022 and re-signed him to the practice squad. He bounced back and forth between the active roster before earning a promotion later in the season.
In 2022, Yeboah appeared in 10 games for the Jets but did not record a stat on offense.
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