Sporty.com | Jets signing wide receiver Williams to one-year contract

Mike Williams is going from the west coast of the United States to the country's east coast.

Williams is signing a one-year contract with the New York Jets worth up to $15million.

The deal was reported Tuesday by Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network.

The Los Angeles Chargers released Williams last Wednesday to free up $20million in salary cap space.

Going into the final year of a 2022 contract extension that included $40million in guaranteed money, Williams missed most of last season after suffering a torn ACL in his left knee in Week 3.

He'll now be teaming up with a quarterback who missed essentially all of 2023 after Aaron Rodgers ruptured his left Achilles tendon on the Jets' fourth offensive snap of the season.

Rodgers' injury derailed what was hoping to be a promising season for the Jets, as they ended up rotating through three more starting quarterbacks and finished 7-10 to miss the play-offs.

New York has the NFL's longest active streak of missing the play-offs at 13 seasons.

Williams had spent his first seven NFL seasons with the Chargers after being selected seventh overall in the 2017 draft.

His best season came in 2021, when he had career highs of 76 receptions for 1,146 yards, along with nine touchdowns.

In 88 career games, Williams has 309 catches for 4,806 yards with 31 TDs.