Jets Finalize 53-Man Roster, Cut 32

The full list includes: 

1. DB Mory Bamba
2. WR Junior Bergen 
3. WR Cam Camper
4. S Dean Clark
5. DB Jordan Clark
6. QB Brady Cook
7. EDGE Anthony Dunn Jr.
8. LB Paschal Ekeji
9. OL Courtland Ford
10. G Liam Fornadel
11. DB Keenan Garber
12. G Marquis Hayes
13. DT Jack Heflin
14. OL Xavier Hill
15. LB Jaden Keller
16. EDGE Nate Lynn
17. WR Malik McClain
18. S Jarius Monroe
19. DL Payton Page
20. WR Jamaal Pritchett
21. WR Quincy Skinner
22. DL Mazi Smith
23. DT Junior Tafuna
24. S Tanner Wall
25. LB Chase Wilson
26. OL Xavier Newman-Johnson
27. CB Samuel Womack III
28. OL Landon Young
29. QB Bailey Zappe
30. TE Chase Curtis (injured)
31. TE Connor Hulstein (injured)
32. RB Dominic Richardson (injured

The Jets also placed LB Tyler Baron on the reserve/PUP list, placed CB Tre Brown, RB Chip Trayanum and LB Mykal Walker on injured reserve, and placed OL Anez Cooper and S VJ Payne on injured reserve/designated to return. 

Smith, 25, was a two-year starter at Michigan and earned first-team All-Big Ten honors in 2022 and was an honorable mention for All-Big Ten as a junior. 

He was selected 26th overall by the Cowboys in the first round of the 2023 NFL draft. The Jets declined to exercise Smith’s fifth-year option for 2027. 

During his four-year college career, Smith appeared in 35 games and made 28 starts, recording 88 tackles, six tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, one forced fumble, and four pass defenses. 

In 2025, Smith appeared in five games for the Cowboys and three games for the Jets, recording three total tackles.