new jersey jets'S MOCK DRAFT
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new jersey jets'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAR 16, 2026

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Draft Selections
Carnell Tate Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Carnell Tate
WR Ohio State
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (NYJ)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
LT Overton Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (NYJ)
LT Overton
DE-EDGE Alabama
Nadame Tucker Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Nadame Tucker
DE-EDGE Western Michigan
Cole Payton Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Cole Payton
QB North Dakota State
Aaron Graves Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 5 (NYJ)
Aaron Graves
DT Iowa
Domani Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (NYJ)
Domani Jackson
CB Alabama
Tyler Onyedim Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (NYJ)
Tyler Onyedim
DE-EDGE Texas A&M
Raylen Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 218 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Raylen Wilson
LB Georgia
De'Zhaun Stribling Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (NYJ)
De'Zhaun Stribling
WR Ole Miss
Draft Picks Traded
Francis Mauigoa Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (HOU)
Francis Mauigoa
OT Miami
Players Gained
Head Shot
C.J. Stroud
QB
Draft Grade — Jets
Overall B
ValueC+ NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
The Jets fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B.

Nobody else had Cole Payton anywhere near slot 140. The Jets did, by 98 spots, and that gap is the whole story.

Landing Jackson that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own.

That safety hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Adding C.J. Stroud by trade rounds out the weekend beyond the rookies.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Carnell Tate
In slot 16 they get a go-to option on the outside at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick33 Rnd2 Sonny Styles
Sonny Styles slipping to pick 33 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick44 Rnd2 LT Overton
A big swing on LT Overton at pick No. 44, well ahead of any board in the building. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick103 Rnd4 Nadame Tucker
They left a pile of value on the table to take Nadame Tucker this early at the 103rd pick. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick140 Rnd4 Cole Payton
Cole Payton in the 140th overall pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick179 Rnd5 Aaron Graves
Aaron Graves at Round 5, Pick 39 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick194 Rnd6 Domani Jackson
Circle this one: Domani Jackson at No. 194 is a fall that decides a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick208 Rnd6 Tyler Onyedim
A wild overpay on Tyler Onyedim in the 208th pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick218 Rnd7 Raylen Wilson
No drama and no debate, Raylen Wilson went about where he belonged in Round 7, Pick 2. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Pick242 Rnd7 De'Zhaun Stribling
They went early on De'Zhaun Stribling in pick 242, and the value did not follow. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.