{"id":812529,"date":"2026-03-14T20:56:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T20:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/812529\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T20:56:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T20:56:24","slug":"jets-re-signing-electric-kick-returner-kene-nwangwu-on-one-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/812529\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets re-signing electric kick returner Kene Nwangwu on one-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kene Nwangwu re-signed a one-year, $2 million contract that includes $1 million guaranteed and can be worth up to $3 million based on bonuses and incentives, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JFowlerESPN\/status\/2032844332198133834\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according to ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nwangwu has five career kickoff return touchdowns on 89 attempts, including one in each of the past two seasons for the Jets. <\/p>\n<p>He has averaged 36.2 yards per kickoff attempt since joining the team after three seasons with the Vikings, where he was an All-Pro.<\/p>\n<p>So, the Jets have their dynamic return duo back together under special teams coordinator Chris Banjo. Punt returner Isaiah Williams averaged 14.1 yards and took two to the house last season.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38781021\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/34-breaks-away-patriots-safety-117963914.jpg\" alt=\"Jets running back Kene Nwangwu (34) breaks away from Patriots safety Dell Pettus (24).\" class=\"wp-image-38781021\"  \/>Jets running back Kene Nwangwu (34) breaks away from Patriots safety Dell Pettus (24) during the fourth quarter. Bill Kostroun\/New York Post<\/p>\n<p>Nwangwu, 28, is a running back by trade and added 13 carries for 49 yards to the offense last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kene Nwangwu re-signed a one-year, $2 million contract that includes $1 million guaranteed and can be worth up&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[7,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,89225,2592,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-812529","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-jets","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-jets","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkjets","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-nfl-free-agency-2026","16":"tag-nfl-free-agency","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116229531772672410","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}