Every key New York Jets starter returning from injury in 2024

As training camp kicks off on July 23, anticipation for the 2024-2025 NFL season is mounting. For New York Jets fans, this season might feel like a repeat of past excitement and Super Bowl chatter, leaving some hesitant to get their hopes up again.

However, there’s even more to look forward to this year compared to last season. Despite the injuries that plagued the team previously, the Jets will have several key players back to full health and ready for action in week one. Let’s explore the top Jets players making their return from injury in 2024.

Key NY Jets players returning from injury in 2024

The Jets have quite a few players coming back from injuries, most of who are starters in their respective positions.

First is RB Breece Hall, who started week one last year on a pitch count after a season-ending injury in week 7 of 2022. And now he will be returning fully healthy to start the 2024 campaign. Look for Hall to be one of the Jets' top offensive threats, if not the number one threat.

Suffering a season-ending injury for the second consecutive season, G Alijah Vera-Tucker returns to the starting lineup in 2024 in his fourth year in the NFL. When healthy, AVT was playing at an above-average level at several positions in both 2022 and 2023. Constantly praised for his versatility, the Jets hope to have AVT play just one position this year as starting RG on the offensive line.

Perhaps forgotten by some, S Chuck Clark re-signed with the Jets after suffering a season-ending injury during training camp last year. Clark instantly boosts the secondary and helps strengthen the weakest position group on the defense for the Jets in 2023.

In his six-year career, Clark has recorded 5 forced fumbles, 5 interceptions, 32 pass deflections and 384 total tackles. Before the training camp injury, Clark logged 1,248 consecutive snaps, demonstrating his usual durability and availability.

Last, but not least is Aaron Rodgers. While Rodgers only played four snaps last year after suffering a season-ending Achilles injury, he rehabbed diligently and was ready to return to play before the end of the year. But the Jets were not in playoff contention, and the team decided it was best to shut him down for the remainder of the season.

In the last five seasons, Rodgers has won two MVPs. He holds the league's best touchdown touchdown-to-interception ratio, with 475 TDs and only 105 interceptions. Additionally, he has an interception percentage of 1.37% with 105 interceptions on 7,660 career passes. Get excited Jets fans because this is going to be a level of ball security that you’ve never seen before.

In 2020, Rodgers posted the second-best single-season passer rating (121.5) in league history. He trails only himself who posted a 122.5 passer rating in 2011. In both years, he won MVP.

Rodgers is the only QB in NFL history with 40-plus TDs and seven or fewer INTs, doing this three times in 2011, 2016 and 2020. His statistically worst season as a starter came in 2022-23, when he played a significant amount of time with a broken thumb. He finished with a 91.1 QB Rating, much better than Zach Wilson’s 69.7 for the 2022-23 season.

The Jets will welcome an MVP-type performance from Rodgers this season, but it may not be necessary. Even his statistically worst season as a starter would be the best Jets starting QB Rating since 2017 when Josh McCown posted a 94.5 rating. Before that, fans must look back to 2002 when Chad Pennington put up a 104.5 passer rating.

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