Jets sign long snapper
The Jets this afternoon signed long-snapper Nick Jarvis, a tryout invitee to the team's rookie minicamp earlier this month. Jarvis, a high school quarterback and tight end, was Wake Forest's long-snapper the last four years and participated in the Hula Bowl and the East-West Shrine Game. The Jets do not disclose injury information but 32-year-old James Dearth, the current long-snapper who has appeared in 112 consecutive games, seemed limited in last week's OTA practice session that was open to the media.
The Jets contacted the 6-3, 271-pound Jarvis shortly after the draft and, in a story that appeared May 9 in his hometown newspaper, The Dispatch (Lexington, N.C.), Jarvis said, "It could be an opportunity for me. I know they don't want to go too long without working on special teams. They don't know if he'll be back and he is 32 years old."
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Erik;
Comon Erik you can do better than this, Can't you?
Hank, haha. I hope so. Well, it's not meant to be a headliner. Just a news brief. Very brief.
That's it. I'm getting a Jarvis jersey.
If I had known about the opening at long snapper I would have tried out myself...
Rich, not only would that get you a headline - at the very least - but maybe the back page as well.