The Jets have signed G Marquis Hayes and DE Kingsley Jonathan. The team also waived G Zack Bailey and CB Tre Swilling.
Hayes (6-5, 318) was released by the Packers in May after he signed a reserve/future contract with the team in January. He was originally drafted by the Cardinals out of Oklahoma in the seventh round in 2022. Hayes played three seasons with Arizona but did not appear in a game. He spent his rookie season on injured reserve before he was waived after the following training camp and re-signed to the practice squad. The St. Louis native had a stint with the Commanders practice squad last season.
Jonathan (6-4, 260) was released by the Texans on May 21 after he signed with Houston in February. The Syracuse product went undrafted in 2022 but was the first overall pick in the 2022 CFL Global Draft, which is limited to a pool of non-Canadian and non-American players. Kingsley, who grew up in Baltimore was born in Nigeria. Jonathan signed with the Bills in 2022 and had a stint with the Bears as a rookie before he returned to Buffalo. He played in 15 games for the Bills over three seasons and totaled 6 tackles and 3 QB hits on 121 defensive snaps.
Bailey (6-5, 300) signed a reserve/future contract with the Green & White in January after he was elevated for the Jets' Week 18 game against the Dolphins. He originally signed with the Buccaneers out of South Carolina as an undrafted free agent in 2019 and spent one-and-a-half seasons with the Bucs before practice-squad stints with the Vikings (2020-21), the Colts (2021), the Commanders (2021-22) and the Chargers (2022-'3).
Swilling (6-1, 196), who signed a reserve/future contract with the team in January, was signed to the Jets' practice squad last season. After going undrafted in 2022 out of Georgia Tech, Swilling first signed with the Titans 2022 before a stint with the Saints (2022), 49ers (2022-23) and Ravens (2023-24). He played in one game for the Green & White last season and took 3 snaps on special teams.
