The Jets have signed veteran free agent defensive lineman Courtney Upshaw and have waived defensive lineman Chris Jones.

Upshaw (6'2", 272), the seventh-year pro, was invited to participate in the Jets' mandatory minicamp that concluded today as a tryout player.

He entered the NFL as Baltimore's second-round pick, 35th overall, in the 2012 NFL Draft, and played all 70 games, including playoffs, as a Ravens linebacker from 2012-15. He then signed with Atlanta as an unrestricted free agent in March 2016 and played the past two seasons on the Falcons D-line.

He played in two Super Bowls — XLVII, in which the Ravens defeated the 49ers and he forced a fumble that started a touchdown drive, and LI, in which the Falcons lost to the Patriots in OT and he notched a sack.

For his career, Upshaw has played in 90 regular-season games (56 starts) with 7.0 sacks, five forced fumbles, five fumble recoveries, and 215 tackles.