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On June 4, SNY’s Connor Hughes, announced the Jets signing of wide receiver Gee Scott:
“Needing help at receiver, the Jets are signing WR Gee Scott, sources tell SNY. A tight end at Ohio State, Scott lost some weight and is trying to make a run at wideout. He worked out for the team last week.”
The signing report is accurate, and Hughes deserves credit for his scoop.
But the “needing help at receiver” rationale for the move can be debated.
Scott is a developmental prospect. Not only has he never played in an NFL game, but he’s changing positions. He entered the league in 2025 as an undrafted free agent with the New England Patriots as a tight end. He spent some time on the Patriots and Washington Commanders practice squads last year.
This off-season, he lost weight, and he’s trying to make it as a wide receiver.
The Jets released another receiver project, Da’Quan Fulton, and replaced him with Scott. These are bottom-of-the-roster or practice-squad candidates they are kicking the tires on.
Fulton, and now Scott, aren’t guys they are bringing in for “help at receiver” now.
Because if they needed help at receiver immediately, these wouldn’t be the type of guys they would turn to right now.
In the receiver room now, they have Garrett Wilson, Omar Cooper, Adanoi Mitchell, Tim Patrick, Isaiah Williams, and Arian Smith, to name a few. There are other guys they like, including Jamaal Pritchett and Quinton Skinner.
So this move clearly wasn’t made because “they need help at receiver.”
It was made with the hope they would find a diamond in the rough.
Scott is making a unique career pivot, going from tight end to wide receiver.
Usually, it’s the other way around, where oversized receivers attempt to move to tight end.
Honestly, I can’t recall covering somebody who is attempting this move.
Will be interesting to see if he can do it.
When Scott came out of Ohio State in 2025, he ran a 4.6 forty before the draft, at 238 pounds.
Not sure what he weighs now after dropping some pounds to change positions.
On the Jets roster, on their website, he’s currently listed at 238, his tight end weight.
So let’s say he dropped 20 pounds, just for argument’s sake, and is not under 220, what would his 40 time be now?
It’s probably not 4.6 anymore.
Maybe it’s 4.5, or 4.45.
So with the weight loss, he’s likely faster than he was in college as a tight end.
Also, making the transition from tight end to receiver, it stands to reason he will be a very good blocking receiver, and as Aaron Glenn likes to say to his wideouts, “No block, no rock.”
Scott was a major recruit coming out of Washington state, a four-star and the 70th-best player in the 2020 class.
He was a part-time player at Ohio State, which has turned into “Tight End U.” For instance, the year Ohio State had two tight ends picked in the draft, one in the second round and another in the third.
If he had transferred out, he likely would have played more, but guys love playing at “THE” Ohio State University.
We will see how this project turns out for the Jets and the player. If they want to make it work, they probably need to give it some time. Adjustments to new positions take time. So if he shows potential at his new position, perhaps they can stash him on the practice squad and let him spend a year getting more comfortable at his new spot.
So no, the move wasn’t made because the “Jets need help” at wide receiver.
It is more with an eye down the road.
June 5, 2026
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