Where Jets will pick in 2019 NFL draft

Jets will have top-six pick for third straight season

12/31/2018, 12:29 AM
Sam Darnold is greeted by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after being selected as the No. 3 overall pick to the New York Jets in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft at AT&T Stadium. / Tim Heitman/USA TODAY Sports
Sam Darnold is greeted by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after being selected as the No. 3 overall pick to the New York Jets in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft at AT&T Stadium. / Tim Heitman/USA TODAY Sports

The Jets will have the No. 3 pick in the 2019 NFL draft after finishing 4-12 in 2018.

The Jets were tied with the San Francisco 49ers (No. 2 pick) and Oakland Raiders (No. 4) for the second-worst record in the league. Their strength of schedule ranked third between those teams.

The Arizona Cardinals, who finished 3-13, will have the No. 1 pick.

The Jets picked third last season but traded up from No. 6 so they could ultimately draft quarterback Sam Darnold. They picked sixth in 2015 and 2017, when they selected Leonard Williams and Jamal Adams

They picked fourth in 2006, when they drafted D'Brickashaw Ferguson. The last time they naturally held a top-three pick was in 1996, when they drafted Keyshawn Johnson.

The first round of the draft will take place on April 25, 2019, in Nashville, Tennessee.

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