When the New York Jets selected hard-hitting safety Calvin Pryor with their first-round selection of last year’s NFL draft (18th overall), they did so with the expectation of Pryor being able to knock out any receivers that came his way.
After a rookie season in which his trademark tackles at Louisville were nonexistent, he got an early start in 2015 when he laid out a teammate. An unsuspecting Zach Sudfeld was hit by Pryor during non-contact team drills in minicamp last week and the team was going to run tests to determine the extent of the damage.
Head coach Todd Bowles feared Sudfeld’s injury may be serious and that was confirmed today when the Jets released Sudfeld after learning the TE had suffered a torn ACL.