Matt Araiza’s strive at a second stint inside the NFL begins in New York.
The Jets are web internet hosting the earlier Buffalo Payments punter for a train on Wednesday, in step with ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Araiza was launched by the Payments in August 2022 after a civil lawsuit was filed accusing him and two of his former San Diego State teammates of worrying in a gang rape at an off-campus get collectively in October 2021.
The woman who filed the swimsuit was 17 on the time of the alleged rape.
On Dec. 17, it was reported that the 23-year-old wouldn’t be charged with in opposition to the regulation and Yahoo Sports activities reported that the transcript of a gathering with a deputy district authorized skilled revealed that Araiza was not present inside the room the place the alleged crime occurred.
“I’m grateful that the District Lawyer and the San Diego Police Division have found all of the information and located no prison wrongdoing. I’m excited to proceed my NFL profession,” Araiza acknowledged in an announcement on Dec. 7, launched by his firm JL Sports activities.
San Diego State launched earlier this month that an interior investigation found no wrongdoing by Araiza. The faculty added that not one of many totally different avid gamers talked about inside the swimsuit are the subject of a gift investigation.
Araiza maintained his innocence from the start, however, Payments’ GM Brandon Beane believed the state of affairs was larger than soccer.
“It’s a really severe state of affairs, and with the intense nature of allegations, we don’t have the means to place all of the information collectively,” Beane acknowledged on Aug. 27, 2022. “There’s quite a lot of variations of what occurred and [Sean McDermott] is a soccer coach, I’m a GM. We don’t have entry to all of the issues and so that’s further essential than collaborating in soccer. And so, we want Matt to cope with that. …
“We simply assume it’s the perfect transfer for everybody to maneuver on from Matt [Araiza] and let him deal with this case and concentrate on that.”
Araiza was a sixth-round determine for the Payments inside the 2022 NFL Draft and obtained the start job after impressing inside the preseason — the place he drilled an 82-yard punt in direction of the Colts — and beating out Matt Haack.
The punter was even nicknamed “Punt God” as his 51.19 frequent yards per punt for San Diego State College broke an NCAA file in 2021.
The Jets signed veteran punter Thomas Morstead, 37, closing month to a one-year, $1.075 million contract.
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Originally posted 2023-05-24 16:55:59.