Jets draft pick Kenyon Sadiq thought he was getting pranked during phone call

New York Jets rookie choky extremity Kenyon Sadiq thought 1 of the astir important calls of his beingness was a prank call.

The Jets drafted Sadiq with the No. 16 wide prime successful the archetypal circular of the NFL Draft connected Thursday, but the 21-year-old wasn’t truthful definite astatine first.

"Kenyon, however you doing? This is Darren Mougey with the New York Jets," Darren Mougey, the Jets wide manager, said to commencement the telephone call.

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Oregon choky extremity Kenyon Sadiq warms up earlier the College Football Playoff Semifinal betwixt the Indiana Hoosiers and Oregon Ducks astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium successful Atlanta, Georgia, connected Jan. 9, 2026. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"I'm doing good. How are you?" Sadiq responded.

"You're doing good. We're going to prime you close present and marque you a New York Jet," Mougey replied.

"OK. I admit it," Sadiq said, inactive seeming to beryllium a small apprehensive that helium was really talking to Mougey and not a prankster.

The erstwhile Oregon prima seemed to recognize that his NFL Draft dreams were turning into world erstwhile caput manager Aaron Glenn got connected the phone.

"Kenyon, however you doing, buddy?" Glenn asked.

"I'm doing good. I'm excited, coach," Sadiq said.

"Good. We're excited, too, man. Listen, we're going to bring you up here. You're going to beryllium a immense limb for us. All right," Glenn said.

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Oregon Ducks choky extremity Kenyon Sadiq was selected by the New York Jets with the No. 16 prime during the 2026 NFL Draft astatine Acrisure Stadium successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, connected April 23, 2026. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

"Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I was reasoning it's going to beryllium a prank telephone for a second," Sadiq said.

Glenn laughed and assured Sadiq that helium was successful fact, going to the Jets.

"No, we're not pranking you, brother. No, you gonna beryllium a jet. You gonna beryllium a Jet. Trust maine connected that, man. You've been a people for america for a while," Glenn said.

Sadiq starred astatine Oregon past season, arsenic successful 14 games helium caught 51 passes for 560 yards and 8 touchdowns. His 8 touchdowns led each FBS choky ends and helium was named a second-team All-American.

The Idaho autochthonal impressed astatine the NFL Combine successful February erstwhile helium ran a 4.39-second 40-yard dash. The awesome fig was not lone the champion among each choky ends this year, but the fastest a choky extremity has tally implicit the past 14 NFL combines.

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Oregon choky extremity Kenyon Sadiq talks to the property astatine Oregon’s NFL Pro Day successful Eugene, Oregon, connected March 17, 2026. (Amanda Loman/AP Photo)

Sadiq was the archetypal of 2 weapons that the Jets added for caller backmost Geno Smith connected Thursday. They traded backmost into the archetypal circular to prime Indiana wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr. with the No. 30 wide pick.

Cooper was a apical receiver for Fernando Mendoza connected Indiana’s nationalist championship-winning squad past season. In 16 games, helium caught 69 passes for 937 yards and 13 touchdowns.

Sadiq and Cooper volition articulation wide receiver Garrett Wilson and Breece Hall arsenic Smith’s apical weapons heading into adjacent season.

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