Jets Placing TE C.J. Uzomah On IR With Knee Injury

This means that Uzomah will miss at least the next four games while on injured reserve before he can be activated. 

Uzomah, 30, is a former fifth-round pick of the Bengals back in the 2015 draft out of Auburn. He played out the final year of his four-year rookie contract before agreeing to a three-year, $18 million deal with the Bengals in 2019. 

Uzomah made base salaries of $3,050,000 and $4,750,000 over the next two years of this deal and was testing the open market as an unrestricted free agent when he signed a three-year, $24 million deal with the Jets.

The Jets restructured Uzomah’s deal back in March to clear $3.6 million in cap space.

In 2023, Uzomah has appeared in 12 games for the Jets and caught eight passes for 58 yards and a touchdown.