The New York Jets released veteran punter Thomas Morstead on Tuesday after two seasons in his second stint with the team. Morstead, who turned 39 in March, is part of what has been a roster overhaul by new general manager Darren Mougey and coach Aaron Glenn since they were hired in January.

The Jets appear to be making a change at punter. In a post to his Instagram account on Tuesday afternoon, Thomas Morstead said that he was just informed by the Jets that they are releasing him and the team made it official a short time later.

The Jets released P Thomas Morstead, leaving two unproven punters to compete for the job — Austin McNamara and Kai Kroeger. They signed Kroeger, an UDFA from South Carolina, on Tuesday. Morstead, 39,