Jets rookie Olu Fashanus promising season done due to injury

One of the brightest lights to this miserable Jets season has been dimmed for the final two games.Rookie left tackle Olu Fashanu, according to Jets interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich, is being placed on injured reserve with plantar fasciitis in his left foot and that will end his promising season.“It’s unfortunate,’” Ulbrich said.“He’s having a great rookie season.

But at the same time, these injuries sometimes give you an opportunity to step back and really start absorbing some of the information as you were kind of thrown into the fire.And he’ll use it as an opportunity to grow, I know that.’’The 22-year-old Fashanu, whom the Jets drafted with the No.

11 overall pick in the first round out of Penn State, has had a terrific rookie season since taking over the starting role for veteran Tyron Smith after Smith sustained a neck injury in November.Though Max Mitchell replaced Fashanu after he was injured in last Sunday’s home loss to the Rams, Ulbrich said Mitchell and Carter Warren “will battle it out this week’’ to see who starts against the Bills.Fashanu appeared in 15 games this season and made seven starts at left tackle. After beginning the season in a utility role, he took over for Smith during a Nov.10 game against the Cardinals.

He allowed 12 pressures and one sack on 230 pass-blocking snaps, per Pro Football Focus.Ulbrich raved about Fashanu after the Rams game, saying, “I absolutely believe that Olu is the left tackle for the New York Jets for a long, long time.For a rookie to come in and play as he has, it’s astounding.

You don’t see it very often. “People like to throw this around way too often, but he’s a 10-year guy.He has all of it.

He’s got the mental [and] emotional makeup, plus the physical tools.I’m excited about his future.”In other injury news, Ulbrich said it’s “too early to tell right now’’ about the status of QB Aaron Rodgers (knee), DT Quinnen Williams (hamstring) and CB Sauce Gardner (h...