Six Jets were injured in the preseason finale against the Giants, and within 48 hours five of them were off the active roster. Two went to reserve/injured, one was waived-injured, one was waived outright, and only Joseph Ossai survived the cut to 53. The injuries did not just cost bodies — they decided jobs.
Who was injured in the Jets’ preseason finale?
Six players: Chip Trayanum, Tre Brown, Joseph Ossai, Omar Cooper Jr., Dominic Richardson and Cam Camper.
The Giants game was played two days before the deadline to cut to 53, which is the worst possible timing for a fringe roster player to get hurt. An injury in that window removes a player’s ability to influence the decision at the exact moment it is being made. The table below pairs each injury with what the club actually did about it on Sunday.
| Player | Position | Injury | Roster outcome (Aug 30) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chip Trayanum | RB | Neck — left on a stretcher, taken to hospital | Reserve/injured |
| Tre Brown | CB | Finger — also taken to hospital | Reserve/injured |
| Joseph Ossai | Edge | Foot, on his preseason debut | Made the active roster |
| Dominic Richardson | RB | Elbow | Waived, injured |
| Cam Camper | WR | Head and neck | Waived |
| Omar Cooper Jr. | WR | Shoulder, per the club’s game recap — see the note below | Not listed in Sunday’s transactions |
How serious is Chip Trayanum’s neck injury?
Serious enough for a stretcher and a hospital trip, but the early signs the club described were encouraging.
Trayanum was hurt on the final play before halftime. The Jets said he was awake, alert and had movement in his lower extremities before going to hospital, and head coach Aaron Glenn said afterwards that he thought Trayanum would be “just fine.” As of this writing the club has not announced a diagnosis, a discharge, test results or a return timetable, so any specific recovery window being quoted elsewhere is speculation.
The cruelty of the timing is hard to overstate. Trayanum, an undrafted rookie out of Toledo, was the best offensive player on the field that night — he carried the ball on all but one play of the opening scoring drive and finished his preseason with 21 carries for 62 yards. He was making the case for a job and was injured in the middle of making it.
Because he was placed on reserve/injured before the cut to 53 and was not designated to return, he is ineligible to play in the regular season. Our guide to NFL injured reserve explains why that timing matters.
Why does “waived” mean something different from “waived, injured”?
A waived player is free to be claimed by any team; a waived-injured player, if unclaimed, reverts to his original club’s injured reserve.
This is the distinction that separates Cam Camper from Dominic Richardson. Camper was waived outright, which put him on the waiver wire like any other released player. Richardson was waived-injured, a designation used when a club believes a player cannot pass a physical — if no team claims him, he reverts to the Jets and can be placed on their injured reserve or reach an injury settlement.
Neither is on the active roster, but their paths from here are different. We set out the full set of outcomes and the Monday deadlines in our piece on what happens next for Cam Camper. A player who clears waivers is a candidate for the practice squad once the claim period closes.
Was it Omar Cooper Jr. or Anez Cooper who hurt his shoulder?
The club’s own two reports disagree, and the transaction record points to Anez Cooper.
The team’s game recap listed “rookie G Omar Cooper Jr.” as leaving in the first half with a shoulder injury. Sunday’s transaction report, however, states that guard Anez Cooper — a sixth-round pick — departed Friday night’s game with a shoulder injury, and places him on reserve/injured with a designation to return. Anez Cooper is the guard; Omar Cooper Jr. is a receiver, and he does not appear anywhere in Sunday’s transaction list.
The likeliest reading is that the game recap attached the wrong first name to the right injury. We are flagging it rather than resolving it, because the club has not corrected either report, and because the difference matters: one of these players is on injured reserve with a path back this season, and the other appears to be healthy and unaffected. We will update this page when the Jets clarify it.
Which injured player still made the roster?
Joseph Ossai — the only one of the six who does not appear in Sunday’s transactions.
Ossai left the Giants game with a foot injury on the night of his preseason debut, having been moved off the physically-unable-to-perform list earlier in the month. He was not waived, released or placed on any reserve list, which means he made the initial roster. That is a meaningful vote of confidence in a player the staff had barely seen in live action, and it suggests the foot problem was regarded as minor.
What does this leave the Jets with going into Week 1?
A 52-man roster — one under the limit — and thinner depth at running back and cornerback than they planned for.
Two of the six went to reserve/injured without a return designation, which closes their seasons. A third was waived-injured and a fourth waived outright. Running back is the position that absorbed the most damage across the night, with both Trayanum and Richardson hurt, and it was already a group being managed carefully after Breece Hall’s groin strain.
Carrying 52 rather than 53 is deliberate flexibility rather than an oversight: it leaves room to claim a player off waivers from another club’s cuts. For the fuller picture of the night itself, see our recap of the 23–6 loss to the Giants, and the current depth chart tracks where the gaps now sit. Continuing coverage lives in our Jets injury intelligence hub.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many Jets players were injured against the Giants?
Six: Chip Trayanum (neck), Tre Brown (finger), Joseph Ossai (foot), Omar Cooper Jr. (shoulder, per the club’s game recap), Dominic Richardson (elbow) and Cam Camper (head and neck). Trayanum and Brown were both taken to hospital.
Is Chip Trayanum going to be OK?
The Jets said he was awake, alert and had movement in his lower extremities before going to hospital, and Aaron Glenn said he expected Trayanum to be fine. The club has not released a diagnosis or a return timetable.
Can Chip Trayanum play this season?
No. He was placed on reserve/injured before the cut to 53 and was not designated to return, which makes him ineligible for the regular season.
Which injured Jets players were cut?
Cam Camper was waived and Dominic Richardson was waived-injured. Tre Brown and Chip Trayanum were placed on reserve/injured rather than cut.
Did Joseph Ossai make the Jets roster?
Yes. Despite leaving the Giants game with a foot injury on his preseason debut, he does not appear in Sunday’s transaction list, meaning he made the initial active roster.
Why do the Jets have 52 players instead of 53?
The club finished a player under the limit on purpose, leaving room to claim a player off waivers from another team’s cuts before the claim period closed.