Here it is, ladies and gentlemen. After months of billions of mock drafts and revisions to predictions, it’s officially New York Jets mock draft time, version one of one.

The Jets are walking into the 2026 NFL draft with nine selections. That can — and probably will — change as early as the first couple of hours, depending on the team’s needs and where the board falls.

Without further ado, let’s take a look at the only mock draft worth reading — based on what I’ve heard in NFL circles, coupled with pure logic…

Round 1, No. 2: Arvell Reese, EDGE, Ohio State

If you ask people around the league, Texas Tech edge rusher David Bailey will be the pick. Go in a time machine and ask those same people where the Jets were going to go in the 2024 and 2025 drafts, and they would have told you Brock Bowers or Tyler Warren.

Recent rumors seem like another effective spin job by the Jets or noise. Arvell Reese is the best non-quarterback of the class and immediately comes in as the most marketable defender on the team.

He’s the kind of chess piece Aaron Glenn needs for his defensive alignment.

Round 1, No. 7: Carnell Tate, WR, Ohio State

  • Trade: Pick 16 and 33 to Washington for Pick 7 and a 2027 fourth-rounder pick

The bombshell.

New York trades up with Washington and gives up their best second-round pick for the right to draft Ohio State phenom Carnell Tate at wide receiver. He’s the best wideout in the class and already has a relationship with Garrett Wilson.

New York’s offense transforms with Tate and Wilson out wide.

Round 2, No. 52: Emmanuel Pregnon, OL, Oregon

  • Trade: Pick 44 to Chicago for Pick 52 and Pick 89

Another trade? In this economy?

Any argument of trading out of their intended second-round pick will be focused on acquiring a third-round pick back to make multiple selections in the top 100. With the 52nd pick, the Jets address some of their big concerns of depth on the offensive line with Emmanuel Pregnon.

Pregnon could go a lot earlier in the second, but there’s always a surprise offensive lineman who drops for no intended reason. Joe Tippmann is a good example of that in 2023.

Pregnon is that player here. Don’t be surprised if he plays well enough to compete for a starting job early.

Round 3, Pick 89: Harold Perkins Jr., LB, LSU

Speed is the name of the game, especially for a Jets’ linebacker room that lost Quincy Williams this offseason and brought an aging Demario Davis in free agency.

Harold Perkins Jr. needs time to develop, but he’s the kind of athletic freak that the team is going to covet in this draft.

Round 4, No. 103: Drew Allar, QB, Penn State

The Jets are going to draft a quarterback this year —just not in the first few rounds. Drew Allar is the kind of big-armed frame and signal-caller who scouts and executives love.

It makes sense for the Jets to target him as a project after his season-ending injury last year at Penn State.

Round 4, No. 140: Darrell Jackson Jr., DT, Florida

Standing 6-foot-5 and weighing 314 pounds of pure nose tackle, Darrell Jackson Jr. provides depth for the Jets behind T’Vondre Sweat in a way that Harrison Phillips simply cannot.

It will allow David Onyemata to play the end role in the 3-4 scheme, and allow other starters to thrive.

Round 5, No. 179: Tacario Davis, CB, Washington

Don’t be surprised if Tacario Davis goes earlier than this, or the Jets trade up to get him. Standing 6-foot-4, Davis has the perfect size to work in Glenn’s scheme.

His 4.4-second forty time at the NFL Scouting Combine turned heads, and he’s a project defensive back Glenn would love to get his hands on.

Round 7, No. 228: Dillon Bell, WR, Georgia

So, it turns out Arian Smith is not the second coming of DeSean Jackson. Whoops.

Maybe Dillon Bell … never mind.

Bell is a quality seventh-round flier to take as an overall athlete with good size and with success when he gets the ball. Issues with route-running and drops are why he falls to the final day of the draft, though.

Round 7, No. 242: Cole Wisniewski, S, Texas Tech

Cole Wisniewski could end up going earlier than this, but there are plenty of quality starters who find themselves waiting to hear their name called.

Wisniewski is going to be a special-teams product who runs with strong effort and strong tackling ability. He’s the right kind of player to take a flier on here.