It’s been a year and a week to the day that Nate Hairston was acquired by the Jets in a trade with the Colts. Now the cornerback’s time in New York is up.
Hairston was cut by the Jets on Saturday after just one season with the team. The move saves the Jets just over $2 million in cap space. New York traded a conditional sixth-round pick to the Colts in exchange for Hairston last summer.
Hairston played in 11 games with six starts last season. His playing time increased when Trumaine Johnson started to struggle and eventually got hurt. Hairston recorded 24 tackles, three pass defenses and one interception in 2019.
In training camp, Hairston primarily worked with the starters as the slot cornerback due to Brian Poole’s bout with dehydration, which kept him out for a couple of weeks.
The 26-year-old Hairston was originally a fifth-round pick by the Colts in 2017 out of Temple. He played in 27 games for Indianapolis with 11 starts, 65 tackles, six pass breakups and one interception in two seasons.