Todd Bowles told Jordan Jenkins he’d see him again. And the Jets coach made good on that promise.
On Friday night, the Jets selected the Georgia outside linebacker 83rd overall in the third round of the NFL Draft.
Bowles personally flew down to the campus to work out Jenkins and, clearly, the former Bulldog impressed his future NFL coach.
“I was overjoyed,” Jenkins said on a conference call. “My sister’s got videos. I’m ecstatic. I’m excited. I didn’t know who was going to pick me. I remember Coach Bowles saying after the workout that, ‘I’d be seeing you real soon,’ and I was like, ‘Hopefully so.