Jets sign two rookie free agents HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — The New York Jets signed rookie free agent receiver Phil Silva and running back Nick Hartigan and waived rookie running back DonTrell Moore. Silva had 46 receptions for 587 yards and seven touchdowns last season at Rowan College. Silva was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and moved with his family to the United States when he was 10. Hartigan was the NCAA Division I-AA leading rusher at Brown, and was also a Rhodes Scholar finalist. He led Brown to its first outright Ivy League title and holds Ivy League records for career touchdowns (54), career rushing touchdowns (52), and career points (324). Moore holds New Mexico and Mountain West Conference records with 4,973 yards rushing, ranking 13th in NCAA Division I-A history. source newsday
I thought he was supposed to be good as well, but he did have some serious old injuries and was a bit small for the NFL. "Even though he has been durable, he did have some problems with his knee in 2004. He injured his MCL, and then later in the year tore the ACL in the same knee. Moore also does not have ideal size. He looks to be smaller than his listed size, and that is only average in the NFL. " http://www.footballsfuture.com/2006/prospects/dontrell_moore.html
We already have too many backs on the team. Moore didnt really stand a chance of beating out a couple of those guys.
I think that the coaching staff is doing a "Sign and Release" on a lot of young players to see what they've got and maybe bring them back latter (if somebody gets hurt?) if they feel that they can use their skills. It's basically "You looked good but there are other players that we want to look at. Keep in shape and we'll call you."
Yeh maybe I suppose, from what I had read he was not much of a drop from Washington, they were both ranked right near each other, oh well I guess we will see, right now we already have 1 to many RBs so not a big loss
