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Jets rookie draft pick charged with DWI after New Jersey crash

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Jets tight end Chris Herndon, during rookie minicamp

Jets rookie tight end Chris Herndon was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after a car accident early Saturday morning, according to a report.

The Miami Herald reported Herndon was taken away in handcuffs from the scene of the accident, which occurred on Route 80 West in Rockaway Township, N.J. A New Jersey State Police spokesman told the newspaper that Herndon was driving a Nissan Armada and hit and totaled a Toyota FJ-40 Land Cruiser owned by Albert Elliott, 76, of Manalapan, N.