Will Tye is back in the NFL, and he did not have to change home stadiums in the process.
One day after being waived by the Giants – briefly leaving no former Stony Brook player in the NFL for the first time in 23 months – the Jets claimed the tight end on waivers Sunday.
Adding Tye was a logical move for the Jets, who will play their first two games without their top tight end, Austin Seferian-Jenkins, because of a suspension for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.
That would have left them to start the season with Jordan Leggett, Eric Tomlinson and James Vander Laan as the options at tight end.