Two fullbacks, Sutton Smith and Nick Bawden, worked out for the Jets on Wednesday, according to the NFL’s transaction wire.
Smith entered the league as a linebacker after being drafted by the Steelers. He has never played in a regular season game, but he did spend the preseason with the Saints after being signed as a fullback.
Bawden, meanwhile, has 10 games on his resume after being drafted by the Lions in the seventh round of the 2018 draft. All of those games came in 2019. Bawden caught four passes for 17 yards.
Neither player is flashy or experienced, but their tryouts with New York indicate that the team may not be satisfied with its current option at the position. That would be converted tight end Trevon Wesco.
The 2019 fourth-round pick spent the summer making the transition, as Mike LaFleur’s offense could use a fullback and Wesco had little chance of making the roster as a tight end. All indications were that the switch was going well, but Wesco played just 20 offensive snaps in Week 1 and saw that number cut to two this past week against New England. He has also played just 10 special teams snaps.
Now the 26-year-old’s roster spot is something to keep an eye on after a pair of workouts.
