However heading into his fourth 12 months with the Jets, Corridor has nonetheless but to fulfill these expectations.
After basic supervisor Joe Douglas and coach Robert Saleh had been each fired throughout a 5-12 marketing campaign final 12 months, Corridor is aware of he’s getting into a pivotal 2025 season.
“I’m not obligated to anything,” Corridor stated. “I’m round a brand new GM, new coaches, numerous new coaches. For me, I’ve bought to show I’m the man.
“I feel like my skill set [is] that I’m a three-down back that’s second to none. We have a great running back room with a lot of healthy competition, but my mentality is every day I want to prove that I’m the best back on this roster, one of the best backs in the league.”
When Corridor was chosen within the second spherical of the 2022 NFL Draft, he was anticipated to be one of many cornerstones of a house run draft class that featured first-round picks Sauce Gardner, Garrett Wilson and Jermaine Johnson. Nonetheless, Corridor has but to surpass the 1,000-yard speeding mark throughout his three seasons regardless of being one of the proficient operating backs within the league.
Breece Corridor, seen right here in motion towards the Steelers final season, is aware of he has one thing to show heading into 12 months 4 with the Jets.
Seven video games into his NFL profession, Corridor tore his ACL and missed the ultimate 10 video games of the 2022 season. He returned the next 12 months and performed each sport and was six yards away from registering his first 1,000-yard speeding season (994 yards and 5 touchdowns).
Nonetheless, Corridor’s general speeding yards (876) and yards per carry (4.2) in 2024 had been decrease than the earlier season. He additionally registered fewer receptions (57) and receiving yards (483).
There have been stretches the place Corridor appears like among the best operating backs within the league. He’s a five-tool participant who can catch the ball out of the backfield equally in addition to he runs it.
Corridor’s numbers final season had been partly a product of the Jets’ pass-happy offense with Aaron Rodgers, who would usually change performs on the line of scrimmage. Corridor didn’t consider he had a “good” 2024 season after coping with a knee harm that was extra severe than many realized.
“When you’re not playing good, hurt and everything, it sucks,” Corridor stated. “However it’s what it’s.
“This is a job at the end of the day. So if you’re not doing your job, then you are going to be replaced.”
Corridor is getting into the ultimate season of his rookie contract, which is scheduled to pay him a base wage of $3.4 million. Days earlier than the draft, the Jets had been rumored to be buying Corridor.
Jets coach Aaron Glenn then known as Corridor shortly after to let him know he can be a part of the group’s future for 2025.
“He told me, ‘Breece, do you think I want to trade you?’ and I said ‘I don’t know,’” Corridor stated. “He was like, ‘Breece, I don’t wish to commerce you. I need you to be right here and you’re going to be right here, you might be our operating again.’
“So, that felt really good and to sit down with him and have a lot of long conversations for him to feel me out, for me to get to know him and everything.”
Corridor is anticipated to be the lead again for the Jets. Nonetheless, they’ll make use of a operating again by committee system beneath offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand, and Corridor should compete for carries with Braelon Allen and Isaiah Davis, each of whom had been drafted final 12 months.
The Jets are anticipated to lean closely on their speeding assault this season, with Justin Fields changing Rodgers, who was formally launched in March. If the Jets are out of playoff competition by the commerce deadline [Nov. 4], probably, Corridor could possibly be moved.
For now, Glenn is happy concerning the potential of his high three operating backs, together with Corridor.
“The first thing, they’re big, physical men, and even though this is not a physical camp, you just see the way they run,” Glenn stated.
“Breece and Braelon, man, they can really, really run. I’m not just talking about just as a runner, but as far as speed down the field, you see that with them, and I’m excited about all three of those guys, I really am. I don’t know if there are three backs in this league that have the potential like these three, and maybe there is, but I know I’m just focusing on what we have, and I’m excited about the guys that we have here.”
