The Jets got a late Christmas present Monday.

Doctors cleared quarterback Mike White and he will start Sunday against the Seahawks after missing the past two games with broken ribs he suffered in a loss to the Bills.

White gets a chance to help the Jets make the playoffs and also prove himself again as a starting quarterback.

“Anytime you get an opportunity to step on the field as a starter, it’s a great opportunity at any position,” Jets coach Robert Saleh said. “I thought Mike did a great job moving the offense, sustaining drives, getting first downs, the offense was running with some good efficiency.”

Saleh said White will remain the starter for the rest of the season barring an injury, a commitment he previously has avoided making. White’s return sends Zach Wilson back down the depth chart. Joe Flacco will back up White in Seattle and Wilson will be inactive, Saleh said.

The Jets have lost four games in a row but somehow head to Seattle still alive in the playoff hunt at 7-8. After getting some help over the weekend, the Jets need to win their final two games — at the Seahawks and at the Dolphins — and have the Patriots lose one of their final two games — versus the Dolphins and at the Bills — to earn an AFC wild-card spot.

White replaced Wilson as the starter for the Jets’ Nov. 27 against the Bears and led the Jets to a win. He remained the starter in losses to the Vikings and Bills and played well despite the losses.

Bills linebacker Matt Milano delivered a vicious hit on White in the second half and knocked White out of the game. White would return to finish the game but further tests showed broken ribs and the Jets doctors ruled him out. White got opinions from other doctors but none would clear him to play.

White completed 80 of 129 passing (62 percent) for 952 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions in his three starts. The Jets’ offense put up more than 466 yards against the Bears and 486 yards against the Vikings, their highest totals of the season.

Beyond the numbers, White is extremely popular with his teammates and only helped that popularity with the guts he showed in Buffalo by playing hurt. White, 27, was a fifth-round draft pick of the Cowboys in 2018 and the Jets signed him in 2019 and he was cut four times by the Jets as he bounced between the practice squad and active roster. Saleh said White’s story endears him to people, including his teammates.

“When you have somebody who wasn’t handed everything, when you have somebody who has gone through the grind, who has been cut, been to another team, gets cut by that team, when you have somebody who has come up the hard way, that’s the majority of this league,” Saleh said. “I think that’s why people gravitate to people who have had a struggle. This country has been about a struggle and trying to find a way.”

Saleh was asked if White could be the long-term answer at quarterback for the Jets, but he would not speculate about the future.

The Jets had a nice Christmas weekend with the Bengals beating the Patriots and Packers beating the Dolphins to keep the Jets’ playoff hopes alive. Saleh acknowledged it was fun to watch those games but he doesn’t want his players thinking about more than the Seahawks.

“The message doesn’t change,” Saleh said. “This isn’t about playoffs. I get it. Just looking at it, we have to get back to what we were in the first half of the season, one day at a time, take advantage of the moment and whatever happens, happens. It’s stay in the moment.

“I get that there’s something out there, just like there was something out there at the beginning of the season. We still have to find ourselves. We’ve got to find confidence. We’ve got to get the ball rolling and it starts with how we prepare day in and day out and how we attack these moments. The playoffs and all that stuff is cool but we have to stay connected to this moment and Seattle and Seattle only.”