2024'S MOCK DRAFT
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2024'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON JUN 18, 2025

mock draft

  • 2024 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Jets
Draft Selections
Caleb Downs Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Caleb Downs
S Ohio State
Anthony Hill Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (NYJ)
Anthony Hill Jr.
LB Texas
Carson Beck Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Carson Beck
QB Miami
Nic Anderson Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (NYJ)
Nic Anderson
WR LSU
Malik Hartford Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (NYJ)
Malik Hartford
S Ohio State
Barion Brown Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (NYJ)
Barion Brown
WR LSU
Joenel Aguero Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (NYJ)
Joenel Aguero
S Georgia
Elliot Washington II Head Shot
PICK: 210 RND: 6 (NYJ)
Elliot Washington II
CB Penn State
Rico Flores Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Rico Flores Jr.
WR UCLA
Jeremiah Cobb Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Jeremiah Cobb
RB Auburn
Draft Grade — Jets
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Jets robbed the room for Flores Jr.. Final grade: B.

The board owed the Jets one, and it paid up: Rico Flores Jr., the No. 213 name on the board, sitting there at No. 251 like a gift left on the doorstep. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

The back end got a real overhaul.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Caleb Downs
In No. 4 they get a centerfielder for the defense at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick36 Rnd2 Anthony Hill Jr.
The board fumbled Anthony Hill Jr. all the way to slot 36, and they scooped it up. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick104 Rnd4 Carson Beck
Steal is underselling it; Carson Beck at the Round 4 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick139 Rnd5 Nic Anderson
A quiet steal in pick 139: Nic Anderson for less than the market said. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick182 Rnd6 Malik Hartford
A tidy bit of business in pick No. 182, where Malik Hartford graded well above the range. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick197 Rnd6 Barion Brown
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Barion Brown at the 197th overall pick is the proof. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick209 Rnd6 Joenel Aguero
Joenel Aguero is a better player than the 209th pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick210 Rnd6 Elliot Washington II
A slide stopped in Round 6, Pick 34, with Elliot Washington II worth more than the price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick251 Rnd7 Rico Flores Jr.
Somehow Rico Flores Jr. was still sitting there in the 251st overall pick, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick253 Rnd7 Jeremiah Cobb
They robbed the room for Jeremiah Cobb here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.