The New York Jets announced they have re-signed TE Jelani Woods to a contract and exercised the exclusive rights tenders for DT Jowon Briggs and LB Marcelino McCrary-Ball.
We’ve re-signed TE Jelani Woods and exercised the exclusive rights tender for DT Jowon Briggs and LB Marcelino McCrary-Ball
— New York Jets (@nyjets) March 5, 2026
Exclusive rights deals are for players with less than three years of accrued service and are for the minimum. They give the team exclusive negotiating rights.
Briggs, 24, is a former seventh-round pick by the Browns in the 2024 NFL Draft out of Cincinnati. He signed a four-year, $4.1 million rookie contract but was among Cleveland’s final roster cuts as a rookie.
He re-signed to the Browns’ practice squad before being promoted to the active roster in December. Cleveland then traded him to the Jets for a seventh-round pick coming out of training camp.
In 2025, Briggs appeared in all 17 games for the Jets and recorded 38 total tackles, eight tackles for loss, four sacks and a forced fumble.
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