The Jets trimmed their roster to 85 Tuesday by waiving three players and placing offensive lineman Cameron Clark on injured reserve.
New York cut safety Bennett Jackson, defensive lineman Michael Dwumfour and running back Austin Walter, the team announced. Clark is heading to injured reserve after recently suffering a spinal cord contusion in practice. That puts the Jets at the required 85-man roster after the team previously waived kicker Chris Naggar.
Clark is out indefinitely but is expected to make a full recovery and remains in the team’s future. The other three were reserve players who had a tough hill to climb up the depth chart. Jackson is a backup safety whose role was likely on special teams, Dwumfour – who tallied a half-sack and recovered a fumble in the Jets’ preseason win over the Giants – was one of 13 defensive linemen, and Walter was the sixth running back.
The Jets will have to cut five more players to get the roster down to 80 by next Tuesday, August 24. Final cuts to get to the 53-man roster come on August 31.
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