Roughly a year after Chandler Catanzaro moved on from the Jets, the Jets are finally moving on from Chandler Catanzaro.
The Jets cut the kicker from the reserve/left squad list this week, thus making him a free agent, according to Dov Kleiman. Catanzaro announced his retirement last August after a tough summer with New York. The Jets originally placed him on the exempt/left squad list before moving him to reserve/left squad list.
Catanzaro, also known as Catman during his time in New York, kicked well for the Jets in 2017. He went 25-30 on his field goal attempts and was a perfect 29-29 on extra points. Catanzaro also owns the longest field goal made in Jets history at 57 yards.
Catanzaro went on to sign a three-year contract with the Buccaneers prior to the 2018 season, but he didn’t perform well there. He missed four field goals and four extra points in just nine games in Tampa Bay. The Panthers took a chance on Catanzaro for four games and he made all of his field goals attempts and made all but one extra point. Catanzaro then returned to the Jets last offseason before retiring.
The 29-year-old went undrafted out of Clemson in 2014 before being signed by the Arizona Cardinals. He spent three seasons in Arizona and was 78-92 on field goals and 123-132 on extra points.