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NEW YORK Zach Wilson is going from BYU to NYC, shouldering enormous Big Apple expectations with the New York Jets.
Wilson was selected as the No. 2 overall pick in the NFL draft Thursday night after being linked to the Jets for the last few months. He’s now the blond, blue-eyed face of a frustrated franchise that has gone 10 seasons without making the playoffs and 52 without reaching the Super Bowl.
“There’s not another team I’d want to play for besides the Jets,” Wilson said on NFL Network shortly after being drafted. “We’re going to be a special team. We’re going for the Super Bowl.”
FILE - BYU quarterback Zach Wilson (1) celebrates an overtime win against Tennessee with fans in an NCAA college football game in Knoxville, Tenn., in this Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, file photo. Trevor Lawrence and Zach Wilson are expected to be the top two picks selected in the NFL Draft on Thursday, April 29, 20212, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)
NEW YORK (AP) Zach Wilson is going from BYU to NYC, shouldering enormous Big Apple expectations with the New York Jets.
Wilson was selected as the No. 2 overall pick in the NFL draft Thursday night after being linked to the Jets for the last few months. He s now the blond, blue-eyed face of a frustrated franchise that has gone 10 seasons without making the playoffs and 52 without reaching the Super Bowl.
NFL Draft 2021: Jets pick BYU’s Zach Wilson | Why he could finally end their post-Joe Namath QB misery
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Eventually, they have to get this right, don’t they?
Maybe?
Now it’s general manager Joe Douglas’ turn. He unsurprisingly picked BYU’s Zach Wilson on Thursday night, second overall in the 2021 NFL Draft.
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Wilson will be the Jets’ 35th different starting quarterback since 1976, Namath’s final season with the organization. And while Douglas will have to build around him no easy task, considering the state of this roster Wilson has enough assets to make you think (or hope, at least) that he can finally turn the Jets into a consistent winner.
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.
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