After their selection of North Carolina running back Michael Carter with the 107th overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft, the New York Jets have a very crowded running back room that features five viable competitors, at least one of which has to be the odd man out come cut-down day.
Josh Adams and Ty Johnson will return after showing promise with very limited sample sizes of opportunities near the end of the 2020 season. Seventh-year veteran Tevin Coleman followed Mike LaFleur over from San Francisco and signed a one-year contract.