2009/2010 New York Jets Starters, Draft Status

by David_Wyatt on Feb 8, 2010 6:30 PM EST

I started thinking about the importance of the draft. Having spent quite some time this week on scouting reports for the first round, it got me thinking about the current Jets team, and their draft status coming out of college. Maybe something that will only interest a few. I put together some tables for the Jets starting line-up's in 2009/10, just to get a good idea of how much it can benefit a team to get it right early. So take a look for yourselves, I put down some conclusions at the end, but I just found it interesting to really see the draft status of our starters from last year.

*I added Braylon Edwards in as a starter even though he joined mid-season.

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Offensive Starters

Position	Player	Round Selected	Selected by Jets (Y/N)
QB	Mark Sanchez	1	Y
RB	Thomas Jones	1	N
FB	Tony Richardson	UDFA	N
TE	Dustin Keller	1	Y
WR(1)	Braylon Edwards	1	N
WR(2)	Jerricho Cotchery	4	Y
C	Nick Mangold	1	Y
LT	D'Brickashaw Ferguson	1	Y
LG	Alan Faneca	1	N
RT	Damien Woody	1	N
RG	Brandon Moore	UDFA	Y

Defensive Starters

Position	Player	Round Selected	Drafted By Jets (Y/N)
NT	Kris Jenkins	2	N
DE(1)	Shaun Ellis	1	Y
DE(2)	Marques Douglas	UDFA	N
ILB(1)	David Harris	2	Y
ILB(2)	Bart Scott	UDFA	N
OLB(1)	Calvin Pace	1	N
OLB(2)	Bryan Thomas	1	Y
CB(1)	Darrelle Revis	1	Y
CB(2)	Lito Sheppard	1	N
SS	Jim Leonhard	UDFA	N
FS	Kerry Rhodes	4	Y

Conclusions:

Of the 22 main starters for the 2009/10 New York Jets, 11 were selected from the draft or the un-drafted pool by the New York Jets. (6/11 on offense, 5/11 on defense)
The starting Jets consisted of twelve 1st round draft choices. 6 of which the Jets selected themselves (3 on the offensive side of the ball, 3 on the defensive side)
The Starting Jets consisted of two 2nd round draft choices. Both on the defensive side of the ball.
The Starting Jets consisted of no 3rd round draft choices.
The Starting Jets consisted of two 4th round draft choices. One on the offensive side of the ball, one of the defensive side of the ball.
The Starting Jets consisted of no 5th/6th or 7th draft choices.
The Starting Jets consisted of five UDFA players. Two on the offensive side of the ball, three on the defensive side of the ball
Of the five UDFA players, only one was scouted and signed by the Jets (Moore). Three were scouted and signed by the Ravens (Douglas, Scott and Leonhard) , and one was scouted and signed by the Cowboys (Richardson)

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That looks like a lot of friggin’ money being put out on the field ._.

by Exystence on Feb 9, 2010 1:40 PM EST reply actions

good charts

curious if other teams are as split between 1st rounders and UDFAs as we are – it would seem unlikely.

not sure what it means, but its interesting

by JetsFan1991 on Feb 9, 2010 10:11 PM EST reply actions

The total starters from the first round were 14 not 12

And 9 out of 11 on the offensive side of the ball, whether they were picked by the Jets or not.
Half of the players were picked by the Jets, half weren’t. (So we are a mixed team in terms of built by draft or built by trading/signing)
5 out of 22 starters, including some players seen as very important in the current system (Richardson, Scott, Leonhard) were undrafted free agents – this makes a strong case for players passed up in the draft.
Strong talent can be found in other draft rounds besides the first: witness Jenkins, Cotchery.
Nobody from after the 4th round.
However, to make more meaningful conclusions we’d need a larger sample: conference or league-wide, because a roster like this could be argued to be more of a result of team policy rather than an indication on the when drafted / talent in the pros correlation.

by Rabbit T on Feb 10, 2010 2:53 AM EST reply actions

I actually got 13 first round selections when I counted again, I had Greene in at first and just before I published, I put Jones in but forgot to change the conclusions for another first round selection.

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by David_Wyatt on Feb 10, 2010 7:49 AM EST up reply actions