The season-ending knee injury to Darrelle Revis led the Jets to move running back Joe McKnight to cornerback. Coach Rex Ryan said McKnight will practice almost exclusively at cornerback, a position that isn't entirely foreign to McKnight. "He'll have a role on offense but we're also teaching him to play corner in almost -- not quite a full-time capacity," Ryan said Wednesday. "But he's going to be over there a ton; in the meetings and everything else Entering Southern Cal, McKnight was the No. 1 high school recruit in the nation as a running back but also played cornerback. At the time, assistant coach Ken Norton Jr. said McKnight could have been a top draft pick as a defensive back if he wanted to go that route. Instead, McKnight was a solid if unspectacular running back with the Trojans and has served mostly as a return man for the Jets. He was unable to win the third-down back job this season and fell to third on the depth chart topped by S...
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Joe McKnight,
Rex Ryan,
Ken Norton,
Shonn Greene,
Bilal Powell,
Antonio Cromartie,
Kyle Wilson,
Dennis Thurman
TEAMS: New York Jets
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