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Dylan Donahue's Landing Spot Delights Dad

Dylan Donahue, the Jets' fifth-round draft choice, has given the perfect early Father's Day gift to his dad.

Mitch Donahue, AFC West and NFC West fans may remember, was a linebacker for the Broncos and 49ers in the early Nineties, and as such was a big professional fan of Kevin Greene, whose Pro Football Hall of Fame career began five years before and ended five years after Mitch's career.

"My dad always talked about Kevin Greene," Dylan recalled this week at the Jets' rookie minicamp, "just about how relentless his pursuit was to the quarterback and how he made quarterbacks hurt and they didn't like him on the field.