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Draft Selections
Rueben Bain Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Rueben Bain Jr.
DE-EDGE Miami
Carnell Tate Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Carnell Tate
WR Ohio State
Emmanuel Pregnon Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (NYJ)
Emmanuel Pregnon
OG Oregon
Garrett Nussmeier Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (NYJ)
Garrett Nussmeier
QB LSU
Lee Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Lee Hunter
DT Texas Tech
Lander Barton Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (NYJ)
Lander Barton
LB Utah
Xavier Nwankpa Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 5 (NYJ)
Xavier Nwankpa
S Iowa
Toriano Pride Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 192 RND: 6 (NYJ)
Toriano Pride Jr.
CB Missouri
Trey Zuhn III Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (NYJ)
Trey Zuhn III
OT Texas A&M
Isaiah Jatta Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (NYJ)
Isaiah Jatta
OT BYU
Zxavian Harris Head Shot
PICK: 218 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Zxavian Harris
DT Ole Miss
Korey Foreman Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Korey Foreman
DL-EDGE Fresno State
Draft Grade — Jets
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Jets.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Korey Foreman at slot 242 is 140 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

On value alone, Hunter makes the weekend a net positive. They will regret leaving running back for another day if the season turns on it.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with quarterback chief among the fixes. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Rueben Bain Jr.
In pick No. 2 they get a double-digit-sack hope. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick16 Rnd1 Carnell Tate
Carnell Tate in Round 1, Pick 16 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick33 Rnd2 Emmanuel Pregnon
By-the-book stuff, Emmanuel Pregnon at pick 33 squarely in line with his ranking. It fills a real need, too.
Pick44 Rnd2 Garrett Nussmeier
They reached into another round for Garrett Nussmeier, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick103 Rnd4 Lee Hunter
Lee Hunter in the Round 4 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick175 Rnd5 Lander Barton
Lander Barton at No. 175 is a conviction pick that outran the value. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick178 Rnd5 Xavier Nwankpa
Xavier Nwankpa at No. 178 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick192 Rnd6 Toriano Pride Jr.
They paid up for Toriano Pride Jr. at the Round 6 slot when waiting would have done the job. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick206 Rnd6 Trey Zuhn III
A big swing on Trey Zuhn III at pick 206, well ahead of any board in the building. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick209 Rnd6 Isaiah Jatta
They talked themselves into Isaiah Jatta at Round 6, Pick 30, and the board did not agree. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick218 Rnd7 Zxavian Harris
No edge and no loss on Zxavian Harris in pick No. 218; it is a wash and a sensible one. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick242 Rnd7 Korey Foreman
Korey Foreman at the 242nd overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.