The New York Jets have signed a running back in the wake of placing Braelon Allen on injured reserve.
The team announced on Thursday that it has signed running back Khalil Herbert to the 53-man roster. He is taking the spot of Allen, who is going to injured reserve after suffering a knee injury in Week 4.
A former sixth-round pick of the Chicago Bears in 2021, Herbert has tallied 1,905 rushing yards and nine touchdowns over four seasons in the NFL. Herbert has also displayed a knack for catching passes out of the backfield with 53 receptions for 312 yards and another two scores.
He last played a snap in the NFL in 2024 with the Cincinnati Bengals, when he totaled 28 carries for 114 rushing yards and eight catches for another 21 yards.
Herbert will now try and push for snaps as the team's third running back against Kene Nwangwu. Breece Hall will obviously remain the starter and Isaiah Davis moves up to RB2.
Braelon Allen injury update
Allen is now forced to miss at least the next four games, but the expectation is that he will be out longer than that, according to ESPN's Rich Cimini.
"Braelon Allen (knee) will be placed on IR today, per source. Surgery is possible. Still being evaluated. Too early to say if it's season-ending, though this appears to be more than just a 4-week return," Cimini reported.
If Allen does miss the rest of the season, it's going to make it more difficult for the Jets to trade Hall, who has been widely speculated as a trade candidate in the final year of his rookie deal.
Doing so would leave the Jets extremely short at running back for the rest of the year, but that's a bullet the team should bite instead of risking losing Hall in free agency for nothing in 2026.
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