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Jets' Quinnen Williams Won't Play Again This Season

The second-year defensive tackle has been placed on the injured reserve with a concussion and neck injury

Max Goodman

In his second NFL season, Quinnen Williams has solidified his reputation as one of the best young defensive tackles in football. Unfortunately for Williams, however, his second year with the Jets appears to have prematurely come to a close.

New York placed Williams on the injured reserve on Wednesday with a concussion and neck injury sustained in Sunday's victory over the Los Angeles Rams.

Williams exited Sunday's game early to be evaluated for a head injury. Television cameras picked up the 23-year-old throwing up on the sideline as he made his way back to the locker room. 

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Through 13 games this season, Williams has seven sacks, 10 tackles for loss, 14 quarterback hits, 55 total tackles and two forced fumbles. He was particularly dominant on Sunday, sacking Rams quarterback Jared Goff once while consistently appearing in the backfield before leaving the game early.

"He's done a good job," Gase said on Wednesday. "Obviously Sunday you saw what kind of impact that he had. Made a ton of [tackles for loss], was in the backfield, created pressure, felt like he had a good run of games, I felt like his consistency was pretty good. There were a few games where he kind of disappeared but it didn't happen a lot. Last year I felt like there would be a couple games in a row where you didn't really feel him. This year, if you were on the other team, you felt him whether you're playing quarterback or in the run game."

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Williams was picked with the No. 3 pick of the 2019 NFL draft out of Alabama. Next spring, New York will continue to build back toward contention with a top two pick. Depending on how the Jacksonville Jaguars (who also have a 1-15 record) perform over the final two games of the season, the Jets could end up with the No. 1 pick. 

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MAX GOODMAN

Max Goodman covers the New York Jets for Sports Illustrated and FanNation. He also covers the New York Yankees, publisher  of Sports Illustrated and FanNation's Yankees site, Inside The Pinstripes. Before starting out with SI, Goodman attended Northwestern University and the Medill School of Journalism. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Broadcast Journalism and Master’s Degree in Sports Media, graduating in 2019. While at school, Goodman gathered valuable experience as an anchor and reporter on NNN SportsNight and played on the club baseball team. Goodman previously interned at MLB.com as an associate reporter covering the Miami Marlins. He also interned with ESPN, working as an associate reporter on Mike Greenberg's Get Up. Goodman is from New York City. He grew up in Hell's Kitchen. Follow Goodman on Twitter @MaxTGoodman and connect with him via email by reaching out at maxgoodmansports@gmail.com.

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