The Jets got their last day of the NFL draft moving early Saturday afternoon by selecting Louisiana offensive tackle Max Mitchell with the sixth pick of day three and the 111th pick overall.
Mitchell is the fourth offensive player taken by general manager Joe Douglas, head coach Robert Saleh and the Jets draft team in the last three days. The Green & White also have picked two defensive players, both in Round 1. They have just pick No. 117 to go to complete a seven-player draft. Douglas executed six trades over the past year in which he sent out all of his choices in Rounds 5, 6 and 7
Mitchell (6-6, 307) has built up his body nicely over the years after starting out his high school career at Neville HS in Monroe, LA, as a 6-2, 165-pound freshman. He played four years at Louisiana and started and played in 37 games the past three years. Twenty-nine of those starts, including all 13 this past season, came at right tackle, with seven at LT and one at LG. He was named second-team All-Sun Belt Conference in ’20 and first-team All-Sun Belt in ’21.
Mitchell is only the second player to be drafted by the Jets from Louisiana, also known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The first Ragin’ Cajun taken by the Green & White was RB Elijah McGuire, who arrived in Round 6 (188th overall) of the 2017 draft and played 24 games (5 starts) in two seasons with the Jets.
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