{"id":522,"date":"2006-05-30T19:18:23","date_gmt":"2006-05-31T00:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=522"},"modified":"2006-05-30T19:18:23","modified_gmt":"2006-05-31T00:18:23","slug":"jets-resign-mickens-announce-other-roster-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2006\/05\/30\/jets-resign-mickens-announce-other-roster-moves\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets Resign Mickens; Announce Other Roster Moves"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The New York Jets announced today the signing of veteran cornerback Ray Mickens, as well as the signings of wide receiver Reggie Newhouse and cornerback Reed Rayshun.\u00c2\u00a0 The Club also announced that quarterback Kliff Kingsbury and cornerback James Taylor have been waived.\u00c2\u00a0 The announcements were made by Jets\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 General Manager Mike Tannenbaum.<\/p>\n

Mickens<\/strong>, a 5-8, 180-pound cornerback, was selected by the Jets in the third round of the 1996 NFL Draft out of Texas A & M.\u00c2\u00a0 At the time of his release, on August 8, 2005, Mickens was the longest tenured member of the Jets\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 defense and trailed only wide receiver Wayne Chrebet (11 years) for the longest tenure on the team.\u00c2\u00a0 Mickens has appeared in 126 regular season games for the Jets, making 36 starts, and accumulated 365 tackles, 79 passes defensed, 11 interceptions for 30 yards, six sacks, four forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries.\u00c2\u00a0 In addition to his regular season contributions, Mickens played in five postseason games for the Jets, making two starts, and adding 15 tackles and a pass defensed.\u00c2\u00a0 Mickens scored the lone TD of his Jets\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 career in 1997 (9\/21) when he scooped up a Cole Ford field goal attempt that had been blocked vs. Oakland and scurried 72-yards for the game winning TD to complete the scoring at 23-22.\u00c2\u00a0 Mickens played the 2005 season as a member of the Cleveland Browns and recorded 30 tackles, recovered one fumble and defended 13 passes.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Newhouse<\/strong>, 6-1, 191 pounds, played two seasons in NFL Europe as a member of the Cologne Centurions.\u00c2\u00a0 He originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 2003 with the Arizona Cardinals.\u00c2\u00a0 Newhouse, a native of Dallas, TX, left Baylor as the school\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all-time leading receiver with 183 receptions.\u00c2\u00a0 His father, Robert, was a member of the Dallas Cowboys from 1972-83 and played a role on three Super Bowl winning teams. His father currently serves in the Cowboys\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Human Resources department.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rayshun<\/strong>, 5-11, 185-pound cornerback, was a three-year starter at Troy State. He finished as the school\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all-time leader in defensive touchdowns with three. Rayshun entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 2004 with the San Francisco 49ers. As a rookie, he appeared in seven games and posted six tackles. He was selected by the Hamburg Sea Devils in the second round of the 2006 Free Agent Draft.<\/div>\n
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Kingsbury<\/strong> was signed to the Jets active roster on September 28, 2005. In week 11 he made his NFL debut relieving injured quarterbacks Brooks Bollinger and Vinny Testaverde late in the fourth quarter. Kingsbury completed one of two passes for 17 yards. He was allocated to NFL Europe this past winter and played for the Cologne Centurions where he passed for 633 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.<\/p>\n

Taylor<\/strong>, a 6-0, 205-pound product of Kentucky\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Georgetown College, originally broke into the NFL in 2004 as an undrafted rookie free agent with the Green Bay Packers.\u00c2\u00a0 He began his collegiate playing career at Ohio University in Athens, OH before transferring to NAIA Georgetown, where he played at safety, cornerback, wide receiver and wingback.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Jets also completed the first day of organized team activity. Head Coach Eric Mangini<\/strong> said, “I was pleased with the turnout for our organized team activity and excited about the group\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s energy level and focus both in the classroom and on the field.\u00c2\u00a0 Our entire team participated. Today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s session will serve as a stepping stone for the mandatory camp we will host in mid-June.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The New York Jets announced today the signing of veteran cornerback Ray Mickens, as well as the signings of wide receiver Reggie Newhouse and cornerback Reed Rayshun.\u00c2\u00a0 The Club also announced that quarterback Kliff Kingsbury and cornerback James Taylor have been waived.\u00c2\u00a0 The announcements were made by Jets\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 General Manager Mike Tannenbaum. Mickens, a 5-8, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[213],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-jet-news"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-8q","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}