NEW YORK (AP) — Backup quarterback Kellen Clemens, a restricted free agent, has signed his tender with the New York Jets.
Clemens tells The Associated Press in an e-mail Tuesday that he signed it Monday, giving the Jets four quarterbacks on their roster. The 2006 second-round draft pick had hoped to find a starting opportunity elsewhere during the offseason.
He has competed for the Jets’ starting job the last few years, but his future with the Jets is as a backup behind Mark Sanchez. New York also has Erik Ainge and Kevin O’Connell on its roster.
Because the Jets used second-round tenders — higher than their draft position — on Leon Washington and Brad Smith, they would have instead received a third-rounder if another team signed Clemens.
