Todd Bowles’ veteran defensive signal caller is gone.

The New York Jets have released veteran linebacker David Harris.

A second round pick by the Jets a decade ago, Harris has 1,088 career tackles, 11 forced fumbles, and six interceptions.

Harris had said that he feels good enough to play a few more seasons, and his past suggests he may be right: when a hamstring problem kept him out of a Week 6 game against Arizona last season, Harris missed just his first game since 2008, a streak that lasted 121 games. He played the final 10 games of the season.

Harris has led the Jets in tackles in each of the last five years and has provided the team’s increasingly young rotation what coaches have described as a vital influence both on and off the field.

By releasing Harris, the Jets will save an estimated $6.5 million in cap space, according to Over the Cap.

The Jets brought back linebacker Demario Davis in a trade with Cleveland on June 1 that also saw the departure of former safety Calvin Pryor, a move that appeared to make Harris expendable. New York’s starting linebacker rotation currently consists of Jordan Jenkins, Darron Lee, Davis, and Lorenzo Mauldin.

Harris was the longest-tenured Jet on the roster. That honor now goes to long snapper Tanner Purdum.