Last May, New York Jets coach Adam Gase brought in his fleeting former Miami Dolphins linebacker of 2016, James Burgess Jr. — who after two injury-plagued years with the Cleveland Browns literally came from out of nowhere to be the big success stories of this team’s seven-win 2019 season.
Burgess — the undrafted Miami-bred, Louisville-educated son of ex Oakland Raiders/Kansas City Chiefs/San Diego Chargers linebacker James Burgess — was released by the New York Jets after 2019 training camp’s final cuts.
It was the eighth time that an NFL team had cut the 25-year-old.