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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The New York Jets have waived outside linebacker Quinton Coples, the team announced&amp;nbsp;Monday.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Coples, 25, played in all 10 of the Jets\u2019 games this season and recorded eight tackles and one fumble recovery.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Coples was selected as a defensive end out of the University of North Carolina with the 16th&amp;nbsp;pick in the 2012 NFL draft. He signed a four-year contract worth $8.8 million in May 2012, and made the move to outside linebacker in 2013.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Sour Rankings: Odd fashion choices made on and off the field in Week 11&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Coples has played 21 snaps in the last three games without recording a tackle.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In his four seasons with the Jets, Coples finishes with 16.5 sacks and 111 combined tackles in 56 games.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Christopher Chavez&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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