Chris Herndon knew discipline of some kind was coming. He just didn’t know the amount for his DWI arrest in June 2018.

So as disappointed as he may have been to be handed a four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s policy and program on substances of abuse, the second-year tight end is happy he doesn’t have to wait any longer for the other shoe to drop.

“It’s a relief,” Herndon, the Jets’ fourth-round pick a year ago, said Thursday after the team’s first practice of training camp. “I’m just going to continue keep my head up, keep my spirits up, continue to support my teammates and help where I can.”

Herndon was a bright spot last year, producing immediately as a rookie. He caught 39 passes for 502 yards and four touchdowns, production the Jets haven’t received out of the tight-end position in years. But they won’t have Hendon’s services until Week 6 against the Cowboys after he plead guilty to the DWI in January, accepting a small fine and 90-day driver’s license suspension.

“It definitely sucks,” Herndon said. “I’ve just got to deal with it. It was a mistake I made and I have to deal with the consequences. … I’m just going to prepare the best that I can, the best the team needs me to do and do whatever my coaches and teammates demand of me — putting in extra work in the film room, conditioning, extra studying and just making sure whenever that time comes, I’m ready.”

In the wake of Herndon’s suspension, the Jets added veteran tight ends Ryan Griffin and Temuchin Hodges. They also have veterans Eric Tomlinson and Daniel Brown, along with rookie fourth-round pick Trevon Wesco.

Still, it was too early for new Jets coach Adam Gase to say how much he plans to use Herndon once preseason games begin, and if he would take a back seat to others who will be available once the season begins. Gase needs the young tight end getting the most out of the next five weeks before his suspension begins and he leaves the team.

“I want him working,” Gase said. “He’s a young player that needs reps and he’s going to be a big part of our offense when he gets back. So we need him to have a good training camp, we need him to stay focused on the task at hand.

“I have an idea in my head of how we’re going to [handle his playing time in the preseason], but it’s not the time and place because I haven’t even spoken to him about it yet. I told him to just worry about coming out here and practicing well.”