The New York Jets are set to come to Las Vegas’ NFL Draft podium nine times between April 28 and 30. In celebration and anticipation, Jets X-Factor looks back at the finest names chosen in their respective current slots.
We begin at the back of the order with the 163rd overall pick, a fifth-round selection gained through the Jets’ 2020 trade of Avery Williamson to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Jets' Bake Turner hauls one in against Falcons' Ken Reaves during an AFL-NFL preseason game at Legion Field, Birmingham, AL, 8/23/1968. pic.twitter.com/gS7f2ciudD
1962: WR Bake Turner, Baltimore
Don Maynard is the first in franchise history to pull it off, but Bake Turner is, literally speaking, the first New York “Jet” to register a 1,000-yard season, doing so in the first year away from the “Titans” branding in 1963.