The Jets have signed CB Kris Boyd, who has been a core special teams player for most of his career.
Boyd (5-11, 201) took 365 snaps on special teams last season for the Texans, which were the second most on the team. He appeared in all 17 games and took 48 snaps on defense.
Originally drafted by the Vikings in the seventh round out of Texas in 2019, Boyd, 28, played four seasons with Minnesota and totaled 95 tackles, 3 tackles for loss and 3 pass defenses on defense over 636 snaps. He led the team in special teams snaps with 302 in the 2019 season as a rookie and 403 in the '22 season.
The Gilmer, TX ,native, who was named first-team All-Big 12 in '18, has NFL bloodlines. Two of Boyd's cousins, Bobby Taylor and Curtis Brown, played in the league. Taylor played 10 seasons after he was drafted by the Eagles in the second round out of Notre Dame in 1995. The Pro Bowl RB spent 9 seasons with Philadelphia before a season with Seattle. Brown, like Boyd, also played college ball at Texas and was drafted in the third round by the Steelers where he played from 2011-13 before an offseason stint with the Jets in 2015. He finished his football career in the Canadian Football League with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in '16.
