Longhorns Daily News: Former Texas CB Kris Boyd signs with New York Jets

Plus: Texas softball falls to Florida

Former Texas Longhorns standout Kris Boyd signed with the New York Jets earlier this week.

Boyd, a cornerback, most recently was a member of the Houston Texans franchise. Boyd played for Texas from 2015 to 2018 before he was selected in the seventh round of the 2019 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings, where Boyd played until they parted ways in 2022. A brief stint with the Arizona Cardinals last offseason, then the Texans, would follow.

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• Texas softball fell to Florida yesterday after winning the first two of their triple header.