Israel Abanikanda spent a year and a half on the Jets. Bill Kostroun/New York Post. McCaffrey is expected to miss around six weeks, so the injury will likely end his regular season.

Former New York Jets running back Israel Abanikanda faces some long odds when it comes to making the San Francisco 49ers ...

Israel Abanikanda (left) celebrates with teammates after his 45-yard touchdown run in the second quarter of the Jets’ preseason win over the Giants on Aug. 24, 2024.

Israel Abanikanda cast an assured tone in the Jets locker room Tuesday afternoon, even as he waited to hear whether he would indeed be a part of the team’s initial 53-man roster.

Yet Abanikanda, a fifth-round draftee of the Jets back in 2023, never got into a game with San Francisco his first season in the Bay Area, and he only saw action in six contests his rookie season ...

The 49ers looked to a surprise source at a time of desperate need. San Francisco picked up running back Israel Abanikanda off waivers from the Jets after a slew of injuries in their backfield. In ...

New York Jets running back Israel Abanikanda picked up 83 yards with a touchdown in Saturday night's preseason win over the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium, doing so on only nine carries in the ...

December 3 - The San Francisco 49ers claimed running back Israel Abanikanda off waivers from the New York Jets on Tuesday, one day after placing running backs Christian McCaffrey and Jordan Mason ...

For much of training camp, second-year running back Israel Abanikanda was seen as a player who was considered on the outside looking in for the New York Jets 53-man roster. That concern may be out ...

Jets running back Israel Abanikanda made his case to be the team’s fourth running back against the Giants on Saturday night. The second-year back started the game with the team’s top three ...