Jordan Travis is set to be a fascinating wild card in the New York Jets’ 2025 quarterback room, although his second year with the team is not off to the prettiest start.
On Sunday, ESPN’s Rich Cimini shared a quote from Travis’ agent, Deiric Jackson. He blamed New York for an injury setback that caused Travis to miss the entire season as he recovered from a leg injury suffered at Florida State.
“His rehab with the Jets was not the best,” Jackson told ESPN. “They tried to rush him. It was too fast. There was pressure on the coaching staff and they tried to get him going sooner than the timeline really was. That caused the setback, and we had to shut him down completely.”
Jackson added that he is “optimistic” Travis will be ready to go for the 2025 season, although the overall tone of his comments was negative toward the Jets.
According to Cimini, the Jets defended their position. A team spokesperson told Cimini that “they adhered to the rehab plan created by Travis’ surgeon, orthopedist Robert Anderson.”
These quotes were interesting enough, but the story now has a new layer. One day after Jackson’s quotes surfaced, Travis removed any mention of the Jets from his X/Twitter bio.
The “bio-wipe” (I’m officially coining this term before another Jets player inevitably does it) is a common tactic for modern-day athletes who are frustrated with their teams. It rarely leads to much of anything, but it successfully conveys that the athlete is frustrated with his team.
Typically, this occurs when the athlete wants a trade or a new contract. This bio-wipe is unique in that Travis is not in the usual position to demand either of those things. Travis is entering the second year of his fifth-round rookie contract. He likely cannot force anything on the Jets’ part.
It is unlikely that any team wants to trade for a late fifth-round pick who has spent his entire professional career rehabbing an injury. The Jets probably do not want to release him for nothing before he takes a 7-on-7 rep, but if things somehow boil to the point where he requests a release, they seemingly would not miss him too much. This regime did not draft him and is likely to select its own developmental quarterback this year. Travis isn’t even a lock to make the 53-man roster, anyway.
While it is possible the Jets may have mishandled Travis’ rehab, the bio-wipe was arguably an unwise decision on Travis’ part. It is perfectly understandable for him to be frustrated with the team, but what does he gain by conveying his emotions on social media? If anything, all it does is lower his stock in the eyes of prospective teams who would seek to add him.
Travis was already a lower-ranked quarterback prospect going into the draft. Add a serious injury, and he’s not exactly the most appealing prospect in the league. “Social media drama” is not something he needed to add to his resume, especially at the quarterback position, where players are expected to be level-headed leaders.
This story will likely be swept under the rug soon enough, but it’s not a great look for either the player or the team.
