It’s safe to say that rookie receiver Jalin Marshall checked off his immediate goal after signing with the Jets as an undrafted free agent in May.
“Coming in I wanted to be the team’s primary returner,” he said on the final episode of Inside the Jets.
While Marshall suffered a pair of injuries (shoulder, concussion) this season, he was the returner for nine games. In the team’s opening preseason matchup against the Jaguars, Marshall took his first kickoff return 84 yards. After making the 53-man roster and being named the starting kick returner, he busted loose for a 65-yarder against the Bengals in the season opener.