Zach Wilson, right, greets fans after being selected by the Jets with the second pick in the NFL football draft Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Cleveland. Credit: AP/David Dermer
Zach Wilson wore bracelets every game at BYU that read, "prove them wrong" and "leave a legacy" and a headband that read "any team, any time, any place." Those messages and that mentality inspired Wilson and helped him become the new franchise quarterback for the Jets.
Wilson wasn’t highly-recruited coming out of high school and certainly wasn’t projected to be a top pick in the draft heading into his junior year.