Jets to pick up option on OLB Coples


The New York Jets will exercise the fifth-year option for 2016 on outside linebacker Quinton Coples (98). Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports

The New York Jets will exercise the fifth-year option for 2016 on outside linebacker Quinton Coples, the New York Daily News reported Saturday.

Coples, the 16th overall pick of the 2012 NFL Draft, will receive $7.8 million next year, but the option is only guaranteed for injury.

In three seasons, the 24-year-old Coples has 105 tackles and 16.5 sacks.