{"id":858493,"date":"2026-04-07T08:09:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/858493\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T08:09:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:09:31","slug":"2026-nfl-draft-new-york-jets-to-host-round-1-receiver-on-top-30-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/858493\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL draft: New York Jets to host Round 1 receiver on top-30 visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Jets<\/a> have signaled interest in USC wide receiver Makai Lemon prior to the 2026 NFL draft.<\/p>\n

The Jets hold two selections in Round 1 of the upcoming event at Nos. 2 and 16 overall. More likely a target for the second of the two, Lemon is being looked at more intently as he is reportedly having a top-30 visit in New York:<\/p>\n

For the Jets, wide receiver is a need so the team’s offense has a complement to Garrett Wilson at the position.<\/p>\n

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A 5-foot-11 playmaker, Lemon had 79 catches, 1,156 yards and 11 touchdowns in 12 games played in 2025. NFL.com’s draft profile on Lemon compares his skill set to that of Detroit Lions’ All-Pro wideout Amon-Ra St. Brown.<\/p>\n

Jets Wire<\/a> will continue to provide updates throughout the 2026 offseason.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Jets Wire: 2026 NFL draft: New York Jets to host Round 1 receiver on top-30 visit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Jets have signaled interest in USC wide receiver Makai Lemon prior to the 2026 NFL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":858494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2051],"tags":[4566,346,427,113,7,2310,226,34748,1917,255,2321,2097,6,796,9653,1473],"class_list":{"0":"post-858493","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-amon-ra-st-brown","9":"tag-chiefs","10":"tag-commanders","11":"tag-detroit-lions","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-garrett-wilson","14":"tag-jets","15":"tag-makai-lemon","16":"tag-new-york","17":"tag-new-york-jets","18":"tag-newyork","19":"tag-newyorkjets","20":"tag-nfl","21":"tag-the-jets","22":"tag-usc","23":"tag-wide-receiver"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116362409639058219","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858493","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=858493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}