As the Jets get close to training camp, I am going to examine the roster and give you my top 25 players. Each weekday, we will reveal another person on the list, leading right into camp. I am not including rookies on this list because I do not feel it is possible to fully evaluate them before they play a game.

No. 9: Quincy Enunwa

Last year’s ranking: 7

Position: WR

Age: 26

How acquired: Selected in the sixth round of the 2014 Draft

Years left on contract: 1

2018 Salary Cap figure: $2.9 million

Looking back at 2017: Enunwa’s 2017 season ended before it started. He went down with a neck injury during training camp and needed surgery to repair a bulging disc. He spent the year on injured reserve.

Two years ago, Enunwa had a breakout season. He caught 58 passes for 857 yards and four touchdowns.

Outlook for 2018: The return of Enunwa is a key storyline to watch during training camp. Enunwa said he is fully healthy and ready to go. He looked fine during the spring, but it will be interesting to see how the Jets handle his workload in camp and in preseason games when he can be hit. Will they turn him loose or hold him back some?

Enunwa is the only starter the Jets have from their 12-person 2014 draft class. He was on his way to becoming the team’s No. 1 wide receiver before the injury last August. He had gone from role player in 2015 to key piece in 2016 and with the departures of Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker was expected to be the top receiver on the team. In his absence, Robby Anderson took that role and the team added Jermaine Kearse.

Now, Enunwa will probably go back to a slot receiver role with Anderson and Kearse on the outside. There is also Terrelle Pryor to fit in somewhere.

When I was putting this list together, I initially had Enunwa in the top five because that is how talented I think he is. I reconsidered because of his injury. There is the unknown of how his neck will respond when he gets hit again and how quickly he can shake off the rust of missing an entire season.

If Enunwa is right, though, and gets back on the trajectory he was on in 2016, he could be a huge weapon for the Jets. It may take Enunwa some time to get back in the flow. He has not played with Josh McCown much and he did not play in John Morton’s offense last year, which had some similarities to Jeremy Bates’. Chan Gailey had a very specific way he liked to use Enunwa and it brought out the best in him. Now, Bates will have to try to do the same.