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Wesley Johnson has signed his tender. (Brad Penner | USA TODAY Sports)

Jets center Wesley Johnson, the replacement for 11-year starter Nick Mangold, has signed his second-round restricted free agent tender, a league source confirmed.

The news, first reported by NFL Media's Ian Rapoport, came as zero surprise.

The Jets also gave cornerback Marcus Williams a second-round restricted free agent tender. The moves essentially guaranteed both players would remain with the Jets for 2017, since it was unlikely another team would surrender a second-round pick for either guy.

Williams has yet to sign his tender, but it is probably only a matter of time.

Presuming Williams signs his tender, he will join Johnson in playing 2017 on a one-year contract worth $2.746 million.

The Jets cut Mangold, 33, earlier this offseason, and they will go with Johnson as their starting center. Mangold remains a free agent.

Johnson is a promising young player who started one game in 2015 and eight last season, as Mangold was dealing with an ankle injury that eventually landed him on season-ending injured reserve. Johnson, 26, was a fifth-round draft pick by the Steelers in 2014.

He has been with the Jets since they claimed him off waivers in October of 2014.

Since Johnson and Williams are playing on one-year contracts in 2017 -- and are scheduled to become unrestricted free agents next offseason -- both players have a chance to boost their value entering next year's free agency period if the play well this coming season.

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