FILE - New York Jets punter Thomas Morstead (6) stands on the sidelines during an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Doug Murray, File)
FILE - New York Jets punter Thomas Morstead (6) stands on the sidelines during an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Doug Murray, File)
The New York Jets released veteran punter Thomas Morstead on Tuesday after two seasons in his second stint with the team.
Morstead, who turned 39 in March, is part of what has been a roster overhaul by since they were hired in January. Other veterans who have been released this offseason by the Jets , wide receiver Davante Adams and linebacker C.J. Mosley.
New York also announced it signed undrafted free agent Kai Kroeger, who played five seasons at South Carolina.
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In a , Morstead said he was working out at Tulane’s Yulman Stadium in New Orleans and received a call from the Jets that they were moving on from him.
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The 鈥渇or everything you鈥檝e done in the Green & White鈥 in their announcement of Morstead’s release on social media.
Morstead was due a base salary of $2.1 million 鈥 with no guaranteed money 鈥 and set to count $3.05 million on the salary cap this season in the last year of his contract with New York.
Morstead averaged 48.2 yards per punt in 34 games with the Jets the past two seasons while landing 55 kicks inside the 20-yard line. He has a career punting average of 46.8 yards in 255 games. Morstead was a fifth-round draft pick by New Orleans out of SMU in 2009 and played 12 seasons with the Saints before joining the Jets in 2021. He filled in for seven games for an injured Braden Mann before being released by New York and signing with Atlanta.
Morstead played with Miami in 2022 before rejoining the Jets.
Kroeger averaged 44.6 yards per punt, the second-best mark in Gamecocks history and set a school record with 265 career punts. He and Austin McNamara, who signed during the offseason, are the punters currently on the Jets’ roster.
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