The Jets are signing CB Brandon Stephens to a three-year, $36 million deal, SNY NFL Insider Connor Hughes confirms.
The 27-year-old started all 17 games for the Baltimore Ravens last season, making 70 combined tackles (59 solo) with 10 passes defended and 1.5 sacks. He made two interceptions and 74 combined tackles (57 solo) over 16 starts during the 2023 season.
Overall, Stephens, who's listed at 6-foot-1 and 215 pounds, has recorded 259 combined tackles over 65 games (48 starts) since being drafted in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft out of UCLA and SMU.
After losing starting CB D.J. Reed earlier Monday to the Detroit Lions, new GM Darren Mougey snagged Stephens as a replacement to pair opposite Sauce Gardner for Aaron Glenn and Steve Wilks' defense.