SALT LAKE CITY, UT - NOVEMBER 24: Quarterback Zach Wilson #11 of the Brigham Young Cougars throws the ball against the Utah Utes in a game at Rice-Eccles Stadium on November 24, 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images) Credit: Getty Images/Gene Sweeney Jr.
The Jets already had done much of the legwork on Zach Wilson and had a good feeling for the young quarterback.
They pored over game film from his BYU career, thoroughly impressed by how he emerged as a junior. They talked to his coaches and people who knew him well.