Jets' Kenyon Sadiq has a chance to join NFL rookie TE history if he beats ESPN projection
This projection is a good goal for Kenyon Sadiq to try to surpass in his rookie year.
Jets' Kenyon Sadiq has a chance to join NFL rookie TE history if he beats ESPN projection originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The New York Jets took three players in the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft: David Bailey at No.
2 overall, Kenyon Sadiq at No. 16, and Omar Cooper Jr. at No.
30. There's been plenty of attention on Bailey as the second pick, and Cooper as a player the Jets traded into Round 1 for from the National Champions, but Sadiq is someone who should not go underrated. He has a really strong chance at joining history in 2026.
ESPN's Mike Clay highlighted Sadiq as one of the top five receiving threats from the rookie class and gave him a solid year-one projection: "Kenyon Sadiq, New York Jets: 691 yards, 4 TDs. " Even though the Jets offense might not be the most high-powered one in the NFL during the 2026 season, Sadiq should have a goal of surpassing this projection for one reason: a chance at joining 12 other rookie tight ends in NFL history. Jets' Kenyon Sadiq should beat ESPN projection for NFL history "Only 12 tight ends in NFL history have produced more than 700 receiving yards as a rookie, but half of them have come since 2021, including three last season," Clay writes.