
The Facts: The New York Jets have signed Kerley to a four-year contract extension, the team announced Tuesday. The deal is worth $16 million, with $5.4 million guaranteed, a league source told ESPN's Adam Caplan. "I'm happy it's done, and I'm happy that me and my family are going to be taken care of now. So that is out the way," Kerley told ESPN's Josina Anderson.
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Kerley's deal comes just days after the Jets acquired Percy Harvin in a trade with the Seattle Seahawks. Kerley said he wasn't worried that Harvin's addition would keep him from getting a new contract. "I think whatever was going to happen between me and the Jets was going to happen," he said. Kerley, a fifth-round pick out of TCU in 2011, has 22 receptions for 201 yards and a touchdown this season for the Jets (1-6). He's established a good rapport with second-year quarterback Geno Smith, ranking first on the team in targets with 45.