The New York Jets’ 2022 draft class put together by general manager Joe Douglas is loaded with talented prospects from top to bottom. However, Douglas may have done his best work of the weekend on the opening night of the draft, adding a trio of potential stars in Cincinnati’s Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner, Ohio State’s Garrett Wilson, and Florida State’s Jermaine Johnson II.
Despite heavy speculation and assumption that the Jets wouldn’t value the cornerback position in high enough regard to target one of the class’s top prospects, New York did just that, selecting Cincy cover-man Sauce Gardner fourth overall.