New York Jets

Every NFL player the encyclopedia attributes to the New York Jetsfrom profile season records, grouped by position, first season to last. Coverage follows the encyclopedia’s per-era source depth (complete 1999+, legend-era via validated Wikipedia/NFL.com grids).

Every position room New York Jets has passed down, steadiest first. The Specialists room is their most stable — 2 holders across 32 years, a new one every 16 on average.

1. Specialists2 holders · 1 handoff · 1994–2025 · one every 16y
   Brian Hansen1994–1998→Nick Folk2010–2025
2. QB10 holders · 9 handoffs · 1984–2023 · one every 4y
   Ken O'Brien1984–1992→Boomer Esiason1993–1995→Neil O'Donnell1996–1997→Ray Lucas1997–2000→Vinny Testaverde1998–2005→Chad Pennington2000–2007→Mark Sanchez2009–2012→Ryan Fitzpatrick2015–2016→Sam Darnold2018–2020→Zach Wilson2021–2023
3. TE13 holders · 12 handoffs · 1989–2024 · one every 2.8y
   Chris Dressel1989–1991→Mark Boyer1990–1992→Johnny Mitchell1992–1995→Jim Thornton1993–1994→Fred Baxter1993–2000→Kyle Brady1995–1998→Anthony Becht2000–2004→Chris Baker2002–2008→Dustin Keller2008–2012→Jeff Cumberland2010–2015→Austin Seferian-Jenkins2016–2017→Chris Herndon2018–2020→Tyler Conklin2022–2024
4. RB24 holders · 23 handoffs · 1981–2025 · one every 1.9y
   Freeman McNeil1981–1992→Johnny Hector1983–1992→Tony Paige1984–1986→Rocky Klever1984–1987→Nuu Faaola1986–1988→Roger Vick1987–1989→Brad Baxter1989–1995→Blair Thomas1990–1993→Johnny Johnson1993–1994→Adrian Murrell1993–1997→Richie Anderson1994–2002→Jerald Sowell1997–2005→Curtis Martin1998–2005→LaMont Jordan2001–2004→Leon Washington2006–2009→Thomas Jones2007–2009→Shonn Greene2009–2012→LaDainian Tomlinson2010–2011→Bilal Powell2011–2019→Chris Ivory2013–2015→Matt Forte2016–2017→Ty Johnson2020–2022→Michael Carter2021–2023→Breece Hall2022–2025
5. WR28 holders · 27 handoffs · 1980–2025 · one every 1.6y
   Lam Jones1980–1984→Jo-Jo Townsell1985–1990→Al Toon1985–1992→Chris Burkett1989–1993→Terance Mathis1990–1993→Rob Moore1990–1994→Wayne Chrebet1995–2005→Jeff Graham1996–1997→Keyshawn Johnson1996–1999→Dedric Ward1997–2000→Laveranues Coles2000–2008→Santana Moss2001–2004→Justin McCareins2004–2007→Jerricho Cotchery2004–2010→Braylon Edwards2009–2012→Santonio Holmes2010–2013→Jeremy Kerley2011–2017→Eric Decker2014–2016→Quincy Enunwa2014–2019→Brandon Marshall2015–2016→Robbie Chosen2016–2019→Jermaine Kearse2017–2018→Jamison Crowder2019–2021→Braxton Berrios2019–2022→Elijah Moore2021–2022→Garrett Wilson2022–2025→Allen Lazard2023–2025→Davante Adams2024
6. LB23 holders · 22 handoffs · 1991–2025 · one every 1.5y
   Mo Lewis1991–2003→Glenn Cadrez1992–1994→Chad Cascadden1995–1999→James Farrior1997–2001→Bryan Cox1998–2000→Roman Phifer1999–2000→John Abraham2000–2005→Sam Cowart2002–2004→Bryan Thomas2002–2012→Victor Hobson2003–2007→Jonathan Vilma2004–2007→Eric Barton2004–2008→David Harris2007–2016→Calvin Pace2008–2015→Bart Scott2009–2012→Quinton Coples2012–2015→Demario Davis2012–2017→Darron Lee2016–2018→Jamal Adams2017–2019→Neville Hewitt2018–2020→Tarell Basham2018–2020→Jamien Sherwood2021–2025→Quincy Williams2021–2025

+2 more rooms with a shorter average hold.

Room tenures, not starting jobs — the corpus has no per-season depth chart, so holders can overlap (a successor often arrives before his predecessor leaves) and the measure is how often the room changed hands. A holder is a player who produced real value for this club during his years here, which is what separates holding the room from being on the roster. Detected from per-season VAL (1980–2025 here; league coverage is complete from 1999) — rooms the corpus cannot value are not shown.