Jets Sign Sixth Round Picks Elijah McGuire and Derrick Jones

The Jets signed two of their nine Draft picks from the 2017 class. They are sixth round picks Elijah McGuire and Derrick Jones.

McGuire is a running back out of Louisiana-Lafayette. Jones is a cornerback out of Mississippi who also spent some time in his college career at wide receiver. For now at least the Jets view him as a corner.

It is not at all surprising that signing the sixth round picks was easy. I have never heard of a sixth round pick who held out. In the era of the rookie wage scale, even a first round pick holding out is now rare.

I wouldn’t be shocked to see more of the day three picks sign deals in the near future. The contracts are standard, and they know they aren’t going to be making a whole lot of money as late round picks.

Seven picks from the Jets’ 2017 class remained unsigned at the moment.