The New York Jets guaranteed wide beneficiary Lucky Whitehead off waivers from the Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday.
Whitehead, 25, was set on waivers this week after news broke that he had been accused of shoplifting in Virginia in June. Whitehead broadcasted his purity, which was affirmed by the Prince William County Police Department on Wednesday when it affirmed the man captured was not Whitehead.
The police division said that the man captured for taking things from a Wawa on June 22 without paying didn't have distinguishing proof and had verbally given the name, date of birth and Social Security number of Rodney Darnell Whitehead Jr. to cops, who checked the data through the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles database.
Police likewise contrasted the DMV photograph on record and the man in authority and "acted in accordance with some basic honesty that, at the time, the man in care was a similar man coordinating the data gave."
Regardless of the reality Whitehead was cleared, the Cowboys said they remained by their turn and refered to an example of conduct in defending it.
Whitehead told the Dallas Morning News that he was "sucker punched" and "nobody [in Cowboys management] had my back in the entire circumstance. I thought about it at, what? 12:45. By 2:30, I'm discharged.
"How about we not sugarcoat anything. I was essentially being known as a liar," Whitehead told the Dallas Morning News in a phone meet.
The Jets have been looking to enhance their kick return circumstance this offseason. Whitehead had returned kickoffs and punts for the Cowboys in each of his two seasons with the group. He returned 44 punts for 305 yards (6.9 yard normal) and 33 kickoffs for 846 yards (25.6 yard normal).
Jalin Marshall was the Jets' driving punt and kickoff returner last season, however he was conflicting and confronts a four-diversion suspension for PEDs. The main other experienced returner on the list is running back Jordan Todman, previously of the Indianapolis Colts. In the spring, the Jets tried out a few current players at the two spots.
There's no money related hazard for the Jets, as Whitehead is because of make a non-ensured $615,000. He will join a youthful, doubtful getting corps.
The Jets postponed wide recipient Devin Street on Wednesday to prepare for Whitehead on the program.
Whitehead's operator, David Rich, disclosed to ESPN's Todd Archer that he will counsel with Whitehead and Whitehead's family over what bearing to seek after next, either lawfully or with the NFL Players Association.
"At this moment he simply needs to play football," Rich said. "He had a test in front of him, and he was prepared for the test. He was tweeting 20 minutes before the main practice how energized he was. It's been an extreme 24 hours. I think it will make him more grounded."
"We got made a case of," Rich included. "They expected to make a case of some individual to get those young men's heads on straight. It is computed. Be that as it may, I get it. It's business ... [coach] Jason Garrett said it. They expected to do what's to the greatest advantage of the Cowboys. I believe they're wrong, however I get it."
Whitehead stood out as truly newsworthy a week ago when he reported via web-based networking media that his canine, Blitz, was abducted and being held for deliver. He later declared via web-based networking media that the pooch had been returned unharmed.
