Running Back · New York Jets

Role Score

Special Teams Core

Projected Role

Unknown

Current Status

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Last Season → Now

Player profile

Age: 28 yr
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 210 lb
NFL Experience: 5 years
Birth Date: Feb 9, 1998
College: Iowa State
Draft: 2021
Draft Pick: R4 · #119

Availability & contract

Expected Games: 10/17
Total Contract: $2.0M
This Year: $1.9M
Per Game: $113K

Roster Value breakdown

Compare this player against

Roster Value+1.6 vs NFL RB57th percentile

Role+7.5 vs NFL RB72nd percentile

Experience−18.5 vs NFL RB38th percentile

Prime−9.2 vs NFL RB17th percentile

Durability−4.0 vs NFL RB54th percentile

Continuity−0.1 vs NFL RB58th percentile

Draft Pedigree+22.6 vs NFL RB72nd percentile

Contract Fit−4.5 vs NFL RB42nd percentile

Status and availability

Where he stands

Unknown

His roster status is not established yet.

Next game

Not established

We do not yet have what it takes to answer this for the next game.

No published status yet

Still needed: a scheduled next game.

Where Kene Nwangwu fits · Running Backs

NYJ running backs, last season vs this season — Kene Nwangwu is highlighted. This shows where he sits in the room now, alongside last season's group for context.

NEW arrived this offseasonRE-UP re-signedLEFT left after last season- returning players are unmarked

This season · 2026Running Backs: Nic McKissic-Luke

#20Breece HallTendered, unsigned909215/178699889678$11M25.35'11"220

#3Kene Nwangwu495510/172432577850$1.9M28.66'1"210

#40Chip TrayanumInjured reserve26455/170050960—24.75'11"227

#0Braelon Allen48359/174769539244$1.2M22.76'1"235

Al-Jay HendersonPractice squad3930———5050—————

#32Isaiah Davis522516/175267969627$1.1M24.66'1"220

Last season · 2025Running Backs: Nic McKissic-Luke

Breece HallTendered, unsigned909215/178699889678$11M25.35'11"220

Keilan RobinsonPractice squad41626/1720359230—26.65'8"188

Kene Nwangwu495510/172432577850$1.9M28.66'1"210

Khalil HerbertUnknown575511/177244647910—28.45'9"212

Raheem BlackshearUnknown515514/1736083800—28.35'9"194

Braelon AllenReserve list48359/174769539244$1.2M22.76'1"235

Isaiah DavisReserve list522516/175267969627$1.1M24.66'1"220

Contract notes

Short excerpts from public reporting. These notes are reported context, separate from the structured contract figures above.

“one-year, $2M deal with $1M fully guaranteed and max value of $3M”

ReportedNew York Jets official site

Transactions

Every tracked move involving this player, from the canonical transaction tracker.

#3Kene Nwangwu

Roster Value49

UnknownNYJOffseason roster

New York Jets sign Kene Nwangwu

Mar 19, 2026

Official