Mel Kiper Jr. gives Jets and Aaron Glenn lofty grade for 2026 NFL Draft class

Mel Kiper Jr. gives Jets and Aaron Glenn lofty grade for 2026 NFL Draft class originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here .

The New York Jets came into the 2026 NFL Draft with some of the best draft capital of any team. They owned the No. 2, No.

16, No. 33, and No. 44 overall picks.

They wound up making just two of those selections after some trades. In Round 1, they took David Bailey over Arvell Reese, and then made a somewhat surprising selection of Kenyon Sadiq with the 16th pick. After a trade-up for Omar Cooper Jr.