Jets Take Alabama’s Quinnen Williams With 3rd Overall Pick In NFL Draft

Jets Take Alabama’s Quinnen Williams With 3rd Overall Pick In NFL Draft

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CBSNewYork/AP) – The New York Jets held onto the third overall pick and took defensive tackle Quinnen Williams of Alabama Thursday night.

Williams is a dominant man in the trenches accustomed to playing in big games. The Jets were widely speculated to want to trade down, but instead got a building block for their defense and new head coach Adam Gase.

Williams, who never started before 2018, won the Outland Trophy last season and is Alabama’s highest-drafted defensive player since linebacker Cornelius Bennett went No. 2 overall in 1987.

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April 26, 2019 at 06:36AM