INDIANAPOLIS -- The Jets will meet with tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins' representatives in the coming days to discuss a contract, a league source told NJ Advance Media.

Seferian-Jenkins is a pending unrestricted free agent. The free agency negotiating period begins March 12. The signing period begins March 14.

Before March 12, agents of pending free agents can officially negotiate only with a player's current team. So the Jets have exclusive negotiating rights for Seferian-Jenkins at this point.

And they are clearly interested in retaining Seferian-Jenkins, at least at the right price.

Seferian-Jenkins has already turned down a two-year, $8 million offer from the Jets. He is looking for a contract worth about $7 million per year, according to another source.

Agents of pending free agents typically sit down for contract talks with team reps at the NFL Scouting Combine, which is going on this week.

Seferian-Jenkins is nearing the end of his rookie contract. The Jets claimed him off waivers during the 2016 season, after Tampa Bay waived him, following a DUI arrest.

Seferian-Jenkins, 25, played in seven games with the Jets in 2016, and he had 10 catches for 110 yards and zero touchdowns. Last season, he played in 13 games and had 50 catches for 357 yards and three touchdowns.

Last season, Seferian-Jenkins' 2016 DUI arrest resulted in him being suspended for the season's first two games.

Seferian-Jenkins has turned his life and career around with the Jets. After coming off his suspension last season, he became the team's clear No. 1 tight end, since rookie Jordan Leggett missed the entire season with a knee injury.

(Staff writer Connor Hughes contributed reporting.)

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