NFL Rumors: Jets Not Interested in Kareem Hunt, Won't Pursue RB in Offseason

The New York Jets reportedly will not pursue running back Kareem Hunt in free agency this offseason once he's taken off the Commissioner’s Exempt List "for myriad reasons," according to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News.

Per that report, "General manager Mike Maccagnan has repeatedly told others that certain player transgressions are simply unacceptable. Domestic violence—and violence against women in general—rises to that level."

Hunt was placed on the Commissioner’s Exempt List this past season and cut by the Kansas City Chiefs after video was released showing him shoving and kicking a woman, and he's currently being investigated by the league for two other incidents as well, per Mehta. 

Maccagnan, meanwhile, has specific experience with violence against women and domestic assault after a friend of him and his wife was killed in a domestic murder-suicide years ago. 

"There are some things that are extremely egregious that I personally have a very hard time with condoning," Maccagnan said ahead of the 2017 draft, per Mehta. "And violence in particular—that's a very serious thing to me. That’s something that for me and my wife, we’ve had a personal experience with that. I would say, simply, we don't take it lightly."

Hunt, 23, is likely to receive interest on the market once he's cleared to play (and once any potential suspensions are handed down by the NFL). In his first 27 NFL games, he's rushed for 2,151 yards and 15 touchdowns, emerging as one of the league's more talented running backs.

It seems likely an NFL team will give him a second chance. It seems far less likely that team will be the Jets.