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Jets re-sign LS Purdum

Tanner Purdum leaves the field after practice during

Photo credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams, Jr.

The Jets announced Monday that they've re-signed free-agent long snapper Tanner Purdum.

According to his agent, Robert Roche, Purdum signed a two-year deal.

Earlier this week, the team announced they had re-signed fellow free agent, kicker Nick Folk. Now, the three major components of the Jets' special teams unit -- Purdum, Folk and punter Robert Malone -- are locked up for 2013.

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