The Jets signed Gathings as an undrafted free agent Monday.
Gathings participated in the Jets' rookie minicamp as a tryout player, and he did enough to earn himself an extended look. The 6-foot-4 tight end caught 71 passes for 1,046 yards and 11 scores for Gardner-Webb in 2019, but he transferred to Middle Tennessee State for his final two collegiate campaigns, totaling 84 receptions for 861 yards and three scores during that stretch.