Jets sign WR Thompkins, waived/injured S Middleton

Aug 16, 2017 - 6:12 PM FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets have signed wide receiver Kenbrell Thompkins and waived/injured safety Doug Middleton. Thompkins returns to the Jets after playing seven games with them during the 2015 season. He was waived/injured by New York last September after a groin injury. With 70 career catches in stops with New England, Oakland and New York, Thompkins steps in as the Jets' most experienced wide receiver. The team lost projected No. 1 receiver Quincy Enunwa to a neck injury on Aug. 5. Thompkins might be best remembered by Jets fans for having the ball knocked from his hands in a Week 17 loss to Buffalo, a game New York needed to win to make the playoffs. Middleton tore a pectoral muscle in the Jets' preseason-opening win over Tennessee. ___ More AP NFL: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL