Newsday · Apr 25, 2020
Jets banking on offensive lineman Mekhi Becton having huge impact
Louisville offensive lineman Mekhi Becton on Oct. 26, 2019. Credit: AP/Timothy D. Easley
The way Louisville offensive line coach Dwyane Ledford described how easily and frequently Mekhi Becton manhandled anyone who got in front of him at practice or in games sounded similar to that famous scene in the move “The Blind Side” when Michael Oher pushed a defensive player all the way down the field and then threw him over the fence.
The film took some liberties, but Ledford said Louisville made a video of all the blocks that Becton lifted someone off his feet, and there were “a lot” of them. According to Ledford, the Jets are getting “something pretty special” in the 6-7, 363-pound Becton.
