Jets running back [Breece Hall](/team/players-roster/breece-hall/) said he was aware of the rumors before the NFL Draft.
"I was seeing it just like everybody else was seeing it," Hall said Wednesday, speaking publicly for the first time about those specious trade rumors. "But as I said, if people feel like you're not doing your job, you're going to be replaced. It didn't happen. I'm here."
Not only is he at the three-day mandatory minicamp at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center, but Hall said a quick call from HC Aaron Glenn in late April took his mind off the issues and allowed him to focus on the season to come.
"AG called me and told me he wanted me to be here," Hall said. "That meant a lot."
He added: "At first, I just kind of like, OK, we'll just see what happens. And then, AG called me and told me: 'Breece, you think I want to trade you?' And I was like, I don't know. He's like, 'Breece, I don't want to trade you. I want you to be here. You're going to be here, you're our running back.' And so that felt really good. And then just to sit down with him and have a long conversation, and for him to fill me in. For me to get to know him and everything, it's been cool. And to see how our practices are run, how competitive he likes it to be and how he likes to put the ball down and just let us play. It's been fun."
With that distracting issue out of the way, Hall, entering his fourth season with the Green & White, can concentrate on the task ahead -- in a new offense directed by OC Tanner Engstrand, with a new quarterback in [Justin Fields](/team/players-roster/justin-fields/) and a lot of new faces.
"Breece is a ball player for sure," Fields said on Wednesday. "Of course, everybody knows he can run. But what kind of surprised me is his natural hands when I first started throwing with him. I mean, he has natural hands, kind of like a receiver, and he's really just an all-around back. So definitely glad to have him on my team."