FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets wide receiver Adonai Mitchell will play Sunday against the Miami Dolphins after missing four games with a surgically repaired finger.
Coach Aaron Glenn said Friday that Mitchell is a “full go” before he practiced fully for the first time since being injured. Glenn said earlier in the week that Mitchell's pain tolerance with his finger would likely be a factor in determining his availability this week.
“I feel great,” said Mitchell, who was removed from the injury report. “I've got 10 of them things and, dog, I'm just ready to ball with the guys, man.”
While the Jets' offense will have Mitchell back, running back Breece Hall and left guard Dylan Parham are questionable to play with injuries. Both have missed New York's last three games; Hall with a quadriceps injury and Parham with a knee ailment. They were both limited at practice Friday and Glenn said the Jets could wait until Sunday before determining whether either will play.
Running back/kick returner Kene Nwangwu (knee) was also questionable to play, although he was a full participant at practice. Edge rusher Joseph Ossai (ankle), linebacker Kiko Mauigoa (quadriceps) and offensive lineman Max Mitchell (concussion) were ruled out.
Adonai Mitchell's return should be a boost for quarterback Geno Smith and the passing game, which ranks 23rd in the NFL with 196.2 yards per game. It could also help open up more opportunities for No. 1 receiver Garrett Wilson, who has been frustrated with his inconsistent targets. Offensive coordinator Frank Reich said Thursday he needs to find more opportunities to get Wilson involved early in games.
Adonai Mitchell was hurt on Sept. 24 when Glenn said the receiver caught a finger in a jersey at practice. Mitchell said Friday he didn't recall the specific circumstances surrounding his injury.
“I really can't even think back that far,” Mitchell said. “I've just been so clouded on, like, just so focused on what I want to do, which is be back out there with the guys.”
He participated in some portions of the team’s on-field session the day after the injury while wearing a bulky wrap on his right hand, but hadn't practiced again until this week following surgery to repair the finger. Mitchell, who has nine catches for 123 yards in two games, was limited at practice Wednesday and Thursday.
Hall had been sitting out since being hurt against Detroit on Sept. 27, but returned to practice on a limited basis on Thursday — an encouraging sign for the Jets' No. 1 running back.
Hall has 163 yards and a touchdown on 51 carries, along with 10 catches for 102 yards. In his absence, third-year running back Braelon Allen has been solid, rushing for 253 yards and a touchdown on 55 carries in the past three games. Glenn said earlier in the week that Hall would remain the starter when he returns.
Parham, also injured at Detroit, has been replaced in the lineup by Jordan Meredith the last three games.
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FILE - New York Jets wide receiver Adonai Mitchell (15) stands on the field before a preseason NFL football game against the New York Giants, Aug. 28, 2026, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)
New York Jets' Breece Hall runs during the first half of an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions in Detroit, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Rey Del Rio)
FILE - New York Jets wide receiver Adonai Mitchell (15) gets tackled by Green Bay Packers cornerback Keisean Nixon (25) during an NFL football game in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Vera Nieuwenhuis, File)
The police officer who shot and killed a 1-year-old boy in Mississippi when he fired into a moving vehicle while responding to a shoplifting call has resigned, the Senatobia mayor told The Associated Press Friday.
Sgt. Hunter Foster, 33, had been cleared of criminal wrongdoing by the Mississippi Attorney General's office earlier this week after its monthslong probe concluded his use of force had been justified.
On Thursday, the state released videos of the fatal shooting of Kohen Wiley, including Foster's body-worn camera footage of the June 14 encounter in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) south of Memphis, Tennessee.
Senatobia Mayor Greg Graves confirmed Foster’s resignation Friday.
Foster's attorney Martin Zummach declined to comment when reached Friday. Zummach has said Foster had ‘no choice’ but to fire his weapon at the vehicle because it was moving at him.
Kohen's mother, Vellesiya Wiley, has disputed that her friend, who was driving, headed toward the officers.
Ben Crump, an attorney for Kohen's family, said the footage shows the fatal shot came from the side of the car, disputing that Foster was in imminent danger. An independent autopsy commissioned by the family concluded the same. An image of the vehicle shows its shattered right front passenger window. The family’s legal team called for the federal government to investigate the shooting.
“Officer Foster’s resignation is hardly a step toward accountability, and it is certainly not justice,” Crump said in a statement. "Turning in a badge does not erase responsibility for taking a life, and it will not end our fight for justice for Kohen and his family.”
The family's legal team has called for Foster to be decertified as a police officer so that he cannot be hired by another law enforcement agency.
Mississippi Department of Public Safety spokesperson Alex Gibert said Friday that Foster remained certified as a police officer.
Kohen would have celebrated his second birthday in early November.
The group of officers were at the Walmart store in response to an unrelated incident, according to a Mississippi Bureau of Investigation report. A Walmart employee then alerted them of two women running from the store.
The videos show Kohen’s mother, Vellesiya Wiley, holding Kohen as she and her friend run across the parking lot and enter their vehicle. Five officers approach the parked car with guns drawn. The car reverses away and crashes into a parked vehicle nearby as officers yell for it to stop.
The vehicle then accelerates forward as Foster steps toward it, directly in front, with his gun drawn. The wheels turn away from him, and he appears to put his hands on the hood as he jumps out of the way. He fires his gun, shattering the window of the front passenger side, where Kohen was seated on his mother’s lap. The car continues to drive away.
Vellesiya Wiley has denied that she and her friend stole diapers from the store and they have not been charged, according to state and county court records.
Foster has worked for two other agencies in Mississippi since 2019 after becoming certified as a law enforcement officer there.
He worked for the police department in Southaven, a city in DeSoto County that’s part of the greater Memphis area, for two years and then was employed with the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office until October 2024. About five months later, he was hired by the police department in Senatobia, a city of about 8,000, according to state records obtained by the AP.
A lawsuit filed in federal court in Mississippi in 2021 accused Foster and a group of 12 other Southaven police officers of civil rights violations during a 2019 arrest of two Black men outside a Waffle House. The two men said they had been searching for a lost set of keys when they were violently arrested and beaten by several officers.
They alleged that Foster submitted a report falsely stating that they tried to run over another officer with their vehicle. Foster and the other officers denied wrongdoing. The Southaven police department agreed to settle the case in 2022 for an undisclosed amount, court records show.
Last month, Senatobia Police Chief Harold Vanderford was fired by the city’s board of aldermen, after reporting by The New York Times, Mississippi Today and Verite News alleged he used racist slurs in private text messages.
This image provided by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety shows body-camera footage of officers responding to a scene where a 1-year-old boy was shot by law enforcement in Senatobia, Miss., on June 14, 2026. (Mississippi Department Of Public Safety via AP)
