The New York Jets agreed to trade cornerback Michael Carter II to the Philadelphia Eagles on Wednesday for wide receiver John Metchie III, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press.

The Jets will also receive a sixth-round pick in the 2027 NFL draft and will send a seventh-round selection in that draft to the Eagles, the person told the AP on condition of anonymity because the teams didn't announce the trade.

Carter thanked the Jets in a farewell post on X shortly after news of the deal broke.

“New York, I’m forever grateful!” Carter wrote. “You changed my life. So much love to all my dawgs in the building. Greatness is on the way!”

Carter, a fifth-round pick in 2021 out of Duke, became the NFL’s highest-paid nickel cornerback last year when he signed a three-year,

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