Jets place Allen Lazard and Levi Fotu on IR, sign Riley Patterson and Alec Lindstrom

The Jets placed WR Allen Lazard and DT Leki Fotu on injured reserve and added K Riley Patterson and OL Alec Lindstrom to the active roster. The team also activated TE Kenny Yeboah from injured reserve and released TE Anthony Firkser.

The Green and White have named S Jarius Monroe and CB Kendall Sheffield from the practice squad to the active roster for Thursday's game against the Texans. Finally, the Jets added DL Takk McKinley to the practice squad.

Lazard suffered a chest injury that caused him to miss last week's game against New England. He leads the Jets with 5 receiving touchdowns and ranks second among receivers on the team in receptions (30) and yards (412). Lazard, who originally signed with the Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2018, played his first five NFL seasons with the Packers before signing with the Green & White last year. He played in 78 games (59 starts) over seven seasons and totaled 222 catches, 2,959 yards and 26 touchdowns.

Fotu (6-5, 335), who has three tackles in two games, began the season as a reserve player with a hamstring injury and was activated on Oct. 14. He signed with the Jets after playing the last four seasons with the Cardinals. In 2023, he totaled 2.5 sacks, 28 tackles and 5 tackles for a loss in 11 games. Fotu, who was drafted by Arizona in the fourth round in 2020 out of Utah, played in 45 games (12 starts) and recorded 1 sack, 3 pass defenses, 61 tackles, 7 tackles for loss and 5 QB hits before joining the Green and white changed.

Patterson (6-0, 190), signed by the Vikings as an undrafted free agent out of Memphis in 2021, joined the Jets' practice squad on Oct. 30. He spent 2024 training camp with the Commanders and was released in August. In the preseason, he made two of three field goal attempts and hit an extra point. In five seasons in the NFL, Patterson, who played with five teams, has made 88% of his field goal attempts (59 of 67) and 96% of his extra points (93 of -97). From 40+ it is 19 out of -25 and from within the 40 it is 40 out of 42.

Lindstrom (6-3, 300) first signed with the Green & Whites' practice squad on October 9th and was released on October 17th before returning to the PS on October 23rd. He initially signed with the Cowboys in 2022 as an undrafted free agent out of Boston College and spent his rookie season on Dallas' practice squad until being placed on the P-roster/injured list in November. Lindstrom signed with the Memphis Showboats of the UFL in January 2024 and completed a training camp stint with the Rams. He is the younger brother of Falcons two-time Pro Bowl OL Chris Lindstrom.

Yeboah (6-4, 240) began the season on injured reserve. He first joined the Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2021 after spending four seasons at Temple and his senior season at Mississippi in 2020. He appeared in 24 games (1 start) over three seasons and had a total of 4 catches for 64 yards, including 3 for first downs. He contributed primarily on special teams, taking 441 snaps for teams.

Firkser (6-2, 246) joined the Jets' training camp and began the season on the practice squad before being elevated to the active roster on October 19. He appeared in 9 snaps on offense and 61 on special teams. He first signed with the Green & White in 2017 as an undrafted free agent out of Harvard, but his first professional game action came with the Titans in 2018, where he played through the '21 season. Over his five-year career, Firkser has played in 71 games (4 starts) and totaled 115 receptions for 1,207 yards and 5 touchdowns.

Monroe (6-2, 205), signed by the Jets as an undrafted free agent from Tulane, spent the summer with the Green & White before being released and signed to the practice squad. He was called in for last Sunday's game against the Patriots and played 18 snaps (8 on defense, 10 on special teams). After the '24 draft, Monroe switched from CB to S with the Jets and started the final two preseason games at his new position, recording a total of 123 defensive snaps in the three games and finishing the preseason with 16 tackles.

Sheffield (5-10, 212), a fourth-round pick of the Falcons (No. 111 overall) in the 2019 NFL Draft, spent training camp with the Jets before being released and signed to the practice squad. He was elevated two weeks ago and played 17 snaps (10 on defense, 7 on special teams). He appeared in 38 games (20 starts) for the Falcons from 2019-21, registering 101 tackles, 6 PDs and 2 FF. Sheffield had brief stints on the 49ers and Titans practice squads last season. The former Ohio State Buckeye had been with Jets interim coach Jeff Ulbrich with the Falcons during Sheffield's first two professional seasons.

McKinley (6-2, 260), 28, a former Falcons first-round pick (No. 26) in the 2017 NFL Draft out of UCLA, joined the Jets as a tryout for mandatory minicamp and earned a spot on the roster on the team's training camp roster before making the 53-man roster. He played in seven games for the green and white this season and had nine tackles and half a sack in seven games while playing 130 snaps on defense.