NFL Rosters by Team
Jets Roster - 1979 Resolved Abbreviation: NYJ
Status: ACT Offense Position: OL
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Chris Ward OT 0 75 267 NA 1955-12-16 NA NA NA NA Dan Alexander G 0 76 260 NA 1955-06-17 NA NA NA NA Ed McGlasson C 0 76 248 NA 1956-07-11 NA NA NA NA Eric Cunningham G 0 75 265 NA 1957-03-16 NA NA NA NA Joe Fields C 0 74 250 NA 1953-11-14 NA NA NA NA John Roman OT 0 76 248 NA 1952-08-31 NA NA NA NA Marvin Powell OT 0 77 264 NA 1955-08-30 NA NA NA NA Randy Rasmussen G 0 74 255 NA 1945-05-10 NA NA NA NA Stan Waldemore C 0 76 269 NA 1955-02-20 NA NA NA NA
Position: QB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Matt Robinson QB 0 74 196 NA 1955-06-28 NA NA NA NA Pat Ryan QB 0 75 210 NA 1955-09-16 NA NA NA NA Richard Todd QB 0 74 210 NA 1953-11-19 NA NA NA NA
Position: RB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Bruce Harper RB 0 68 174 NA 1955-06-20 NA NA NA NA Clark Gaines RB 0 73 192 NA 1954-02-01 NA NA NA NA Kevin Long RB 0 73 205 NA 1955-01-20 NA NA NA NA Scott Dierking RB 0 70 215 NA 1955-05-24 NA NA NA NA Tom Newton RB 0 72 205 NA 1954-03-08 NA NA NA NA Woody Bennett RB 0 74 217 NA 1955-03-24 NA NA NA NA
Position: TE
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Bob Raba TE 0 73 222 NA 1955-04-23 NA NA NA NA Jerome Barkum TE 0 75 215 NA 1950-07-18 NA NA NA NA Mickey Shuler TE 0 75 236 NA 1956-08-21 NA NA NA NA
Position: WR
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Bobby Jones WR 0 71 180 NA 1955-07-12 NA NA NA NA Derrick Gaffney WR 0 73 175 NA 1955-05-24 NA NA NA NA Paul Darby WR 0 70 192 NA 1956-10-22 NA NA NA NA Roger Farmer WR 0 75 195 NA 1955-11-10 NA NA NA NA Wesley Walker WR 0 72 179 NA 1955-05-26 NA NA NA NA
Defense Position: DB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Bobby Jackson CB 0 69 175 NA 1956-12-23 NA NA NA NA Burgess Owens FS 0 74 200 NA 1951-08-02 NA NA NA NA Donald Dykes CB 0 71 182 NA 1955-08-24 NA NA NA NA Johnny Lynn CB 0 72 190 NA 1956-12-19 NA NA NA NA Ken Schroy DB 0 74 198 NA 1952-09-22 NA NA NA NA Shafer Suggs S 0 73 194 NA 1953-04-28 NA NA NA NA Tim Moresco SAF 0 71 176 NA 1954-10-03 NA NA NA NA
Position: DL
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Abdul Salaam DT 0 75 249 NA 1953-02-12 NA NA NA NA Bob Winkel DT 0 76 253 NA 1955-10-23 NA NA NA NA Joe Klecko DT 0 75 256 NA 1953-10-15 NA NA NA NA Joe Pellegrini Jr. DT 0 74 270 NA 1956-08-09 NA NA NA NA John Hennessy DE 0 75 243 NA 1955-03-12 NA NA NA NA Lawrence Pillers DE 0 76 250 NA 1952-11-04 NA NA NA NA Mark Gastineau DE 0 77 253 NA 1956-11-20 NA NA NA NA Marty Lyons DE 0 77 269 NA 1957-01-05 NA NA NA NA
Position: LB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Greg Buttle OLB 0 75 235 NA 1954-06-20 NA NA NA NA John Sullivan LB 0 73 221 NA 1956-10-01 NA NA NA NA Mike McKibben OLB 0 75 228 NA 1956-09-03 NA NA NA NA Ron Crosby LB 0 75 227 NA 1955-03-02 NA NA NA NA Stan Blinka MLB 0 74 230 NA 1957-04-29 NA NA NA NA
Special Teams Position: K
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Dave Jacobs K 0 67 151 NA 1957-07-01 NA NA NA NA Pat Leahy K 0 72 189 NA 1951-03-19 NA NA NA NA Richie Szaro K 0 71 205 NA 1948-03-07 NA NA NA NA Toni Linhart K 0 72 178 NA 1942-07-24 NA NA NA NA
Position: P
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Chuck Ramsey P 0 74 195 NA 1952-02-24 NA NA NA NA
Status: TRC Defense Position: LB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Bob Martin OLB 0 73 217 NA 1953-11-14 NA NA NA NA Mark Merrill OLB 0 76 237 NA 1955-05-05 NA NA NA NA
Status: TRT Defense Position: DB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Ed Taylor DB 0 72 170 NA 1953-05-13 NA NA NA NA
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