"Jets receiver Jerricho Cotchery is rehabbing from offseason back surgery, a person with direct knowledge of his physical condition confirmed. That person requested anonymity because the team has not announced Cotchery's injury.

ESPNNewYork.com first reported that Cotchery had a procedure to relieve a herniated disc in his back that he played with during the 2010 season. Cotchery is rehabbing at a facility in New Jersey while players are locked out of the team headquarters in the current labor impasse.

Cotchery told ESPNNewYork.com that his condition worsened midway through the season and caused shooting pain down his leg.

"It wasn't a good feeling," Cotchery told ESPNNewYork.com. "It was pretty painful. I wouldn't want any football player to have to go through that.""