New York Jets Draft Picks 2025: How Can They Build Around Justin Fields, Garrett Wilson, and Company?

The New York Jets are heading toward an important organizational juncture in the 2025 NFL Draft, and they have the picks to make it count. Here’s the full list of New York’s selections in the upcoming draft cycle, and how the team may use them.

What Are the New York Jets’ Draft Picks in 2025?

How Many Picks Do the Jets Have in the 2025 NFL Draft?

The Jets have eight picks in the 2025 NFL Draft entering Thursday. They retained the rights to their original selections in every round but Round 7. The other two selections have been acquired via trades.

The Jets added a fifth-round pick from the Pittsburgh Steelers at the trade deadline in exchange for WR Mike Williams. The Jets also have an extra sixth-rounder, which was earned in a pick-swap trade with the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs traded that pick to the Jets for wide receiver Mecole Hardman and New York’s seventh-round pick in the exchange.

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The Jets have also been the meat in the sandwich of a third-round trade. They originally acquired a third-round pick from the Detroit Lions, who gave it to New York in exchange for a 2024 fourth-rounder. The Lions used that pick to take offensive tackle Giovanni Manu. However, they sent that pick to the Las Vegas Raiders when acquiring Davante Adams.

All of that has left the Jets with eight selections, with three across the first two days and five on Day 3.

What Are the Jets’ Biggest Needs in 2025?

• OT, DT, WR, TE, QB

The Aaron Rodgers experiment did not work out for the New York Jets, leaving them in an uncertain spot under rookie head coach Aaron Glenn.

Justin Fields will try to step into the breach in 2025. Fields is a talented quarterback who could prosper in the right system, though whether the Jets can provide that environment is an open question. It reduces the Jets’ need to target a QB in the draft a little, but Fields is far from a lock to be the starter beyond (or even throughout) 2025. Expect the Jets to target a quarterback on Day 2 or Day 3.

Offensively, they have a couple of other questions that will need to be answered this offseason. Offensive tackle is the biggest of those, with both Tyron Smith and Morgan Moses leaving. First-rounder Olu Fashanu will step into the left tackle spot, but right tackle could easily be addressed, with many connecting New York to Missouri RT Armand Membou at No. 7 overall.

They also need to add pass catchers after Davante Adams followed Rodgers out the door.  Their tight end depth chart is extremely uninspiring for 2025 following Tyler Conklin’s departure in free agency.

Defensively, there are needs at all three levels and you could make a case for all of them being as important as each other. Replacing key starters like Javon Kinlaw and D.J. Reed stands out, though Brandon Stephens gives them some cover at cornerback. While Quinnen Williams is a strong starting point, rebuilding a once-deep pass rush is an important task in the draft.