He was an undersized afterthought in the 1977 NFL draft, a defensive tackle who stayed home to play at Temple and became the best draft pick not named Joe Namath in Jets history.
He was never known as Broadway Joe, was not the first overall pick of the AFL draft the way Namath was in 1965, he was Chester Joe out of Pennsylvania and he gave the Jets more bang for their buck than anyone not named Namath, gave them a career that has been unjustly denied a place in the Hall of Fame.
The Jets own the third pick in Thursday night’s draft, and they will be lucky if likely picks Quinnen Williams, Josh Allen or Ed Oliver turn out to be a Joe Klecko.