The Jets received a little luck days before the start of training camp.
On Wednesday, the team was awarded ex-Cowboys returner Lucky Whitehead off the waiver wire. A corresponding transaction hasn't been announced.
Whitehead, 25, gives the Jets arguably their best returner since Leon Washington, who last played for the team in 2009. With the Cowboys his first two seasons, Whitehead averaged 25.6 yards per kick return, and 6.9 per punt. He averaged a career-high 28.3 yards per kick return with a long of 79 last year.
The Jets return game-- and special teams as a whole -- has been dreadful the last two years, especially in 2016.