{"id":11163,"date":"2025-04-30T01:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T01:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/11163\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T01:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T01:08:08","slug":"jets-are-early-2026-draft-frontrunners-for-top-dual-threat-qb-prospect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/11163\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets are early 2026 draft frontrunners for top dual-threat QB prospect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"X7W3IVA2TNEBHBTMSVGIMTDOW4\">Now that the 2025 Draft is freshly finished, it\u2019s time for the way-early projections for next year to start rolling out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"HUMTC25TPBHY3LH2JD54TGXTJQ\">The latest comes from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6318415\/2025\/04\/29\/nfl-mock-draft-2026-arch-manning-qbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6318415\/2025\/04\/29\/nfl-mock-draft-2026-arch-manning-qbs\/\">Dan Brugler of The Athletic<\/a>, with a mock that can be looked at as more of a \u201cwatch list\u201d for next year\u2019s prospects. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"HL54KI35PBG4FCL6O5H7RTXDHA\">In it, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/jets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/jets\/\">Jets<\/a> have the No. 2 overall pick (the order comes from flipping the current Super Bowl odds for next year). Brugler has them taking quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com?id=126006X1587338&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fcollege-football%2Fplayer%2F_%2Fid%2F4875127%2Flanorris-sellers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/player\/_\/id\/4875127\/lanorris-sellers\">LaNorris Sellers<\/a> out of South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"7KK3CMRIYJDRHE3QU6HSLRWAZQ\">\u201cWith his dual-threat skills, Sellers was one of the most entertaining college quarterbacks to watch last season,\u201d Brugler wrote. \u201cIt is probably too early to be talking about him this early in the draft, but that will change if he takes another step in his development as a passer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ML32DDUDJVHQBCTLZVZTJQVXR4\">Last year was Seller\u2019s first season as a full-time starter for the Gamecocks, and he emerged as a star, tossing 2,534 yards, 18 touchdowns, and seven interceptions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LPIYIXXWDJAP5AG2E263FXICDM\">For this year, the Jets found their quarterback solution in Justin Fields, whom they signed to a two-year, $40 million contract with $30 million guaranteed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JVZ76RBJYVEYJAAKDARYHGXHHE\"><a href=\"https:\/\/adv-c.advancelocal.com\/clickout\/clickoutPublisher?st=baas_njcom_promos&amp;type=sport&amp;pn=fanduel_default&amp;clickoutElement=anchorTextCTA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/adv-c.advancelocal.com\/clickout\/clickoutPublisher?st=baas_njcom_promos&amp;type=sport&amp;pn=fanduel_default&amp;clickoutElement=anchorTextCTA\">FanDuel<\/a> has set the Jets team total wins line at 5.5 for the upcoming season. Our complete <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/betting\/reviews\/fanduel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/betting\/reviews\/fanduel\/\">FanDuel Sportsbook review<\/a> provides a guide on how to use their platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CTMZOWGECJD5DBTNHEAPBIZBRE\">Thank you for relying on us to provide the journalism you can trust.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MMCTG453GZDFLFGVCJX6GMX2IQ\">Please consider supporting us with a subscription. Bridget Hyland may be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/jets\/2025\/04\/mailto:bhyland@njadvancemedia.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bhyland@njadvancemedia.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Now that the 2025 Draft is freshly finished, it\u2019s time for the way-early projections for next year to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[6665,7,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,5834],"class_list":{"0":"post-11163","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-dsc08355","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jets","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-jets","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkjets","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-nflraw22"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114424244315382290","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}