The Jets added players at three completely different positions throughout the first spherical of the draft on Thursday night time and there was one widespread thread between their three decisions.
Edge rusher David Bailey, tight finish Kenyon Sadiq, and huge receiver Omar Cooper all performed for groups that went to the faculty soccer playoffs final season. Cooper made it all over the match as a part of Indiana’s nationwide title winners and the Jets traded again into the thirtieth choose in order to add him to their haul.
That Indiana title got here after years of the Hoosiers wandering in the soccer wilderness and Cooper mentioned serving to the Jets finish their very own exile from success is “the goal” that he’s set for himself as he enters the NFL. Head coach Aaron Glenn mentioned that the historical past of success for all three players was a giant issue in the workforce’s decisions.
“When you have targets, you identify guys you like, you love — you go get them,” Glenn mentioned, through the workforce’s web site. “And that’s exactly what we did today. And any time you can bring guys with a winning background on your team, that only helps the morale of your team. So, there’s a lot of things that goes into that, but to get three first-round picks and the caliber guys that we got, the personality, the mentality, the football character, all those things are huge, bringing those guys on our team.”
It’s not the primary time in current reminiscence that the Jets have made three first-round picks in the hope of getting the franchise on observe. They did it in 2022 with Sauce Gardner, Garrett Wilson and Jermaine Johnson, however Wilson is the one one left on the roster to welcome a trio that might be aiming for higher outcomes throughout their time in Jersey.
