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Vernon Gholston heads list of Jets' all-time draft busts

It's a fact of life in the NFL: There will be draft busts. Even the best organizations pick an occasional lemon.

ESPN's NFL Nation identifies the biggest bust for each team, from Ryan Leaf to Tony Mandarich. Because the New York Jets' draft history reads like a tragicomedy, it was hard to select just one player, so here's an expanded list of my top-10 busts:

1. Vernon Gholston, OLB, first round (2008): The scouts didn't consider him worthy of a top-10 pick, so they were miffed when general manager Mike Tannenbaum and coach Eric Mangini picked him anyway at No.