Despite missing two games, Wilson still leads the Jets in receptions (36), receiving yards (395) and touchdown catches (four) this season. Julian Leshay Guadalupe / NorthJersey.com via Imagn Images
Garrett Wilson will, in fact, be out for three-to-four weeks. The Jets placed their star wide receiver on injured reserve on Thursday.
The news comes just a couple days after Jets coach Aaron Glenn refused to divulge any information about Wilson’s knee injury, seemingly upset at an ESPN report that Wilson would miss three-to-four weeks.
On Tuesday, Wilson said “I’ll be fine” and deferred to Glenn about how long he might be out.
Wilson now will miss at least the next four games and won’t be eligible to return until Week 15, for a road game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. It’s fair to wonder if the Jets will just shut him down for the season at this point — they were 2-7 entering Thursday night’s game against the New England Patriots and have already turned the page to 2026, trading away CB Sauce Gardner and DT Quinnen Williams in blockbuster deals last week.
If Wilson’s season is over, it will end what started off as a very promising year statistically. Wilson had 33 receptions for 382 yards and four touchdowns in the Jets’ first five games, but only had three catches for 13 yards in a loss to the Broncos in London, when initially suffered the knee injury. He returned against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday and finished the game with zero catches on three targets before injuring the same knee in the third quarter.
The Jets will go forward with a young wide receiver room, giving the coaching staff an opportunity to evaluate who in that group has the ability to play a role in 2026. Adonai Mitchell, acquired in the Sauce Gardner trade with the Colts, could emerge as the headliner. Mitchell was drafted in the second round by Indianapolis last year but struggled to get on the field for them prior to the trade. He was a healthy scratch last week; the Jets wanted him to get better acclimated to a new offense. Fourth-round rookie Arian Smith has played a lot (310 offensive snaps) but barely seen the ball (10 targets, six receptions). And John Metchie, acquired in a trade with the Eagles before the deadline, is a former second-round pick in the last year of his rookie contract.
The Jets also have a couple veterans in Tyler Johnson and Allen Lazard, but neither factor into the team’s long-term plans.
Nov 14, 2025
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