Steve McLendon was one of the team's top rated defensive players in 2017.
With the start of the NFL season just days away, the Jets have named their six team captains for the 2019 season according to the team’s official twitter account.
The captains are are quarterback Sam Darnold, left tackle Kelvin Beachum, safety Jamal Adams, linebacker C.J. Mosley, defensive lineman Steve McLendon and safety Rontez Miles.
Here is the statement Adam Gase made today about the process.
We voted for captains yesterday. We’ll have six of them. It’ll be C.J. Mosley, Jamal Adams, Steve McLendon, Sam Darnold, Kelvin Beachum and Rontez Miles. It’s interesting to kind of go through that whole voting process and those guys were clear cut guys that were at the top. It shows the leadership strength that we have in this locker room. As far as injuries go, we look good going into today. Everybody is going to be going. We’ll have a couple guys that we’re just kind of making sure and will probably have a limited practice, but for the most part, everybody is going to be rolling.