Breece Hall's murky future is the weirdest Jets storyline of the 2025 season

Of all the bizarre subplots surrounding the 2025 New York Jets, perhaps none is stranger than the uncertainty around Breece Hall’s future.

Once viewed as the unquestioned centerpiece of the offense, Hall’s offseason was clouded by trade rumors, and now, just months later, the Jets appear poised to shift toward more of a committee approach in their backfield.

Hall finds himself in a peculiar situation entering his fourth NFL season. The former Iowa State star will be playing out the final year of his rookie contract, and while he will have every opportunity to prove he can still be a focal point of the Jets' offense moving forward, nothing is guaranteed.

There may not be a player on the Jets' roster with a wider array of outcomes for the 2025 season. There’s always the possibility that Hall rediscovers his 2023 form and reclaims his place among the NFL’s top running backs.

But there's also a distinct possibility that 2025 will be his final season as a member of the Jets. In fact, it's very much in the realm of realistic outcomes that he doesn't even make it through the year with the team that drafted him.

Breece Hall's Jets future is uncertain entering 2025

A second-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, Hall was a member of the Jets' famous draft class that also netted the team the likes of Sauce Gardner, Garrett Wilson, and Jermaine Johnson.

Hall impressed as a rookie and looked well on his way to becoming one of the league's most exciting young running backs before a torn ACL prematurely ended his first pro season.

The Omaha native returned in 2023, however, and wasted little time picking up where he left off. Hall emerged as one of the NFL's best young playmakers that season, finishing fourth behind only Christian McCaffrey, Tyreek Hill, and CeeDee Lamb in total scrimmage yards.

Expectations were understandably sky-high for Hall entering the 2024 season. ESPN's annual preseason poll of NFL execs, scouts, and coaches even ranked him as the second-best running back in the league, trailing only Christian McCaffrey.

The consensus was that Hall had established himself as one of the premier running backs in football. However, the 2024 season proved to be a disaster for the entire Jets organization, Hall included.

Hall regressed significantly, averaging just 4.2 yards per carry in one of the NFL’s least effective rushing attacks. His advanced metrics were middling at best, and ball security concerns became a major issue, as he fumbled six times and led the team with nine dropped passes.

The running back position in the NFL is notoriously volatile — it’s very much a “what have you done for me lately” league. Hall’s disappointing 2024 campaign tanked his value, and with a new front office in Florham Park and a contract year on the horizon, offseason trade rumors came as little surprise.

Still, the Jets have held onto Hall to this point. They've seen Hall perform at the level of one of the best running backs in football, and with a talented offensive line and an expected run-heavy approach, it's fair to project he could return to his elite form this season.

He will face competition in the form of young running backs like Braelon Allen and Isaiah Davis, however. And if he struggles to start the season while his teammates excel, the Jets likely won't hesitate to entertain trade offers as the deadline approaches.

By the time the season ends, Hall’s Jets future will either be viewed as the completion of a redemption arc or as a dramatic farewell.

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