The New York Jets select QB Zach Wilson with the No. 2 pick | 2021 NFL Draft
PROVO — One of the first things that stood out to New York Jets general manager Joe Douglas about Zach Wilson — and one key reason why he selected the former BYU quarterback with the No. 2 overall pick in Thursday's NFL draft — was his emotion and passion.
Wilson doesn't just enjoy football. He eats it, drinks it, chews it up and spits it out — then goes back to do it over again tomorrow.
But those emotions caught up to Wilson as he walked out of the green room at the NFL draft theater in Cleveland on Thursday night, grabbed a Jets' "Flight Crew" hat off a pedestal, and went to shake NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's hand after slapping palms with a half-dozen Jets fans in the pits as the highest pick in BYU football history.