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Leonard Williams leaves Jets' game vs. Giants with knee injury

Jets rookie defensive end Leonard Williams is questionable to return to Saturday night's preseason game against the Giants due to a knee injury.

At the moment, it's unclear how severe the injury is but the Jets are undoubtedly holding their collective breath.

Williams -- the sixth overall pick in this year's draft -- limped off the field in the second quarter and made his way to the locker room with a member of the team's medical staff.

The selection of the former USC stud was considered a potential coup for first-year general manager Mike Maccagnan. But his role on defense became all the more critical after third-year defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson was suspended the first four games of the season for multiple failed drug tests.