Jets CEO Christopher Johnson told a 20-year-old southern California kid he’ll be fine in New York.
Johnson expressed surprise the Jets’ first-round pick, USC quarterback Sam Darnold, was available at No. 3.
And that was OK by Johnson.
During the phone call to tell Darnold he was going to be the Jets’ pick, Johnson told him: “Sam, man oh man. I did not think we would have a shot at you, and I’m so happy. Dude, you’re going to love New York.”
Darnold was projected as the best quarterback in the draft and was assumed to go No.