Jets Finalize Their Roster for the 2026 Season

By Daniel Feuerstein | Florham Park, NJ | August 30th, 2026

Head Coach Aaron Glenn and General Manager Darren Mougey have finally filled out their 53-man roster for the 2026 New York Jets season. While we already know most of the players that will be on the roster, and the hope for some who showed some promise for the team. Both Glenn and Mougey will be ready for the new season and will start on the road in Nashville as they face the Tennessee Titans in Week 1 of the new season.

The full 53 man roster by Position

OFFENSE

Quarterbacks

#7 GENO SMITH
#10 CADE KLUBNIK

Running Backs

#20 BREECE HALL
#0 BRAELON ALLEN
#32 ISAIAH DAVIS
#3 KENE NWANGWU

FULL BACK
#47 ANDREW BECK

Wide Receivers

#5 GARRETT WILSON
#15 ADONAI MITCHELL
#18 ISAIAH WILLIAMS
#83 OMAR COOPER JR.
#17 TIM PATRICK
#82 ARIAN SMITH

Tight Ends

#85 MASON TAYLOR
#89 JEREMY RUCKERT
#16 KEYON SADIQ
#86 JELANI WOODS

Offensive line

#74 OLU FASHANU
#70 ARMAND MEMBOU
#66 JOE TIPPMANN
#71 JOSH MYERS
#64 DYLAN PARHAM
#79 CHUKWUMA OKORAFOR
#61 MAX MITCHELL
#60 KOHL LEVAO

DEFENSE

Edge

#46 JOSEPH OSSAI
#52 KINGSLEY ENAGBARE
#9 WILL McDONALD IV
#31 DAVID BAILEY
#55 BRAIDEN McGREGOR

Defensive Line

#97 HARRISON PHILLIPS
#93 DAVID ONYEMATA
#91 JOWON BRIGGS
#99 T’VONDRE SWEAT
#95 DARRELL JACKSON JR.

Linebackers

#56 DEMARIO DAVIS
#44 JAMIEN SHERWOOD
#51 KIKO MAUIGOA
#41 MARCELINO McCRARY-BALL

Corner Backs

#21 BRANDON STEPHENS
#1 AZAREYE’H THOMAS
#2 JARVIS BROWNLEE JR.
#37 QUAN’TEZ STIGGERS
#26 NAHSHON WRIGHT
23 D’ANGELO PONDS

Safety

#29 MINKAH FITZPATRICK
#6 DANE BELTON
#8 ANDRE CISCO
#27 MALACHI MOORE

Special Teams

#14 AUSTIN McNAMARA
#19 JASON SANDERS
#42 THOMAS HENNESSY

With all the cuts they made from the preseason roster, the Jets will select those who will make the practice squad, and the hope is that we saw from Mory Bamba, Jordan Clark, and a few others who showed that they deserve to help the team out for this new season on Monday, August 31st.

The New York Jets announced their 53 man roster for the 2026 season.

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