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Tight End · New York Jets
Jelani Woods
No. 86 · 5th season
Cut once, still here — Woods is working for a roster spot nobody handed him
There is a version of Jelani Woods's story that ends in Indianapolis, on a cutdown day, with a phone call nobody wants to receive. The New York Jets did not let it end there.
Woods came to the Jets after the Indianapolis Colts released him when roster numbers forced the decision — one of those moments where a player's future gets decided by arithmetic, not ability. He landed in New York and kept working.
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