Update:
The Jets have already announced the signing of LB Jamari Lattimore on Wednesday.
We have signed LB Jamari Lattimore- http://t.co/ZVh2kGpSAQ pic.twitter.com/7IYGzshxpo
— New York Jets (@nyjets) April 1, 2015
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The New York Jets are signing former Packers LB Jamari Lattimore to a contract, according to his agent Tony Agnone, per Tom Silverstein.
The Jets previously hosted Lattimore for a visit, so he was clearly on their radar as a potential addition before the draft.
Lattimore, 26, returned to the Packers last year after they used a low-round restricted tender that paid him a salary of $1.431 million for the 2014 season.
Lattimore is an interesting free agent give that he’s young and has shown some flashes of ability.
Unfortunately for him, he sustained a season-ending ankle injury back in December that led to him being placed on injured reserve.
In 2014, Lattimore recorded 37 tackles, one interception and a pass defense over the course of 11 games. Pro Football Focus has him rated as the N0. 30 inside linebacker out of 60 qualifying players.
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Hope his luck changes for the better with the Jets…seemed like every time he started to get on a roll he got injured. Thompson has really cleaned house at ILB this year.