Sources - Jets trade WR Mecole Hardman back to Chiefs - ESPN

The New York Jets are trading wide receiver Mecole Hardman back to the Kansas City Chiefs in a deal that involves a swap of 2025 late-round draft picks, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

The Jets will receive a 2025 sixth-round pick in exchange for a 2025 seventh-round selection in the deal, the sources said.

The Jets signed Hardman to a one-year, $4 million contract this offseason, but he has played only 28 offensive snaps so far this season and has only one reception.

The emergence of «Hard Knocks» star Xavier Gipson both as a kick returner and as a receiver made Hardman expendable.