The Jets are adding some insurance at tight end with Chris Herndon suspended for the first four games of the season.
Veteran tight end Ryan Griffin is signing with the Jets, a league source confirmed. Griffin, 29, spent the first six seasons of his NFL career with the Houston Texans. He caught 136 passes for 1,491 yards and seven touchdowns.
The Texans waived Griffin a couple of weeks after he was arrested and charged with vandalism and public intoxication in Nashville the weekend of the NFL Draft. The charges were later dismissed.
The Jets could use depth at tight end, where Griffin will compete with Eric Tomlinson, rookie Trevon Wesco and Daniel James for the job during camp, which opens Thursday.