JETS TAB JENKINS
Georgia outside linebacker Jordan Jenkins was selected in the third round by the New York Jets, going 83rd overall. “He wasn’t spectacular at Georgia, but he was solid week after week,” ESPN analyst Mel Kiper said. “He didn’t have the measurables, but his production was great.”
The University of Alabama set a unique National Football League draft record this year by having three players return to the Green Room for the second round.
Inside linebacker Reggie Ragland and defensive linemen A’Shawn Robinson and Jarran Reed elected to come back to the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago despite being bypassed in Thursday night’s opening round. Ragland, who had 195 tackles and 17 tackles for loss in his last two seasons with the Crimson Tide, became the first of the returning bunch to get picked when the Buffalo Bills tabbed him as the 41st overall selection.
“We always wanted to walk across that stage,” Ragland told the NFL Network, “and we always stick together as a team. That’s how we’ve always been. When we lost to Ole Miss early last season, we stuck together.”
The NFL Network reported Thursday afternoon that Ragland had been flagged for an enlarged aorta that will require yearly monitoring and that several teams were pushing him down their draft lists.