With fourth-year wide receiver Garrett Wilson eligible for a contract extension, questions from the media were swirling at the New York Jets’ OTAs this week.

Luckily for Jets fans, it sounds like the star receiver has no plans of a hold out and no intentions to play elsewhere. He said all the right things at his press conference Wednesday.

“I’m hopeful I’m a Jet for life and that we get this thing rolling and that all of our best days are ahead of us,” Wilson said. “I don’t know exactly what that looks like but I’m gonna try to make sure it’s undeniable when the time comes and those conversations are being had.”

For Wilson, he’s on the fourth and final year of his rookie deal, and his fifth-year option has already been picked up by the Jets for next year (2026). His cap hit for this year is just over $6.5M and next year it will increase to over $16.8M. What his contract will look like after 2026 is largely up in the air. But, according to Wilson, he’s worried about the task at hand and not getting ahead of himself.

“I try not to worry about it too much,” he said. “When that stuff happens, that will be a cherry on top.”

With a new coaching staff led by first-year head coach Aaron Glenn, as well as a new quarterback in Justin Fields (who played with Wilson at Ohio State), it appears Wilson is liking the direction of the team and he has bought in to the vision in the locker room. Given the newness to many aspects of the Jets this year, Wilson told reporters that being at OTAs to build rapport with teammates is crucial.

“I wanna be apart of something special. I don’t think a whole bunch of individuals makes something special. This is a group thing,” Wilson said. “I wanna get in and know my teammates, I wanna get in and know my coaches… it’s a new staff… learn the material they’re putting out and not be the guy that’s behind.”

Asked whether he considered skipping OTAs amid the contract talks, Wilson said, “There’s a way you go about business when you love what you do… something like that is not really an option. I get the opportunity to come out here and work and get better at the game I love… let’s take advantage of it. I don’t really feel right when I’m not at work up here.”

Wilson has said everything right in the eyes of Jets management, and if he and the team can’t come to terms on a second contract, they’ll be losing out on one of the top WR talents in the NFL.

He has recorded at least 1,000 receiving yards in each of his first three seasons in the NFL, while increasing his number of receptions each year. He is the fifth player in NFL history to post 1,000 receiving yards and 80 receptions in each of his first three seasons, joining an elite list of Ja’Marr Chase, Justin Jefferson, Michael Thomas, and Odell Beckham Jr.