The Jets signed three intriguing UDFA receivers – Rutgers’ Dymere Miller, South Alabama’s Jamaal Pritchett and Kansas’ Quintin Skinner.
Don’t be shocked if one of them makes the team.
Miller and Pritchett have some similarities. Both are slot receiver types with impressive short-area quickness and are good at running after the catch. Both transferred up to Division 1, after starting their college careers at lower levels of competition – Miller went from Monmouth to Rutgers and Pritchett from Tuskegee to South Alabama.
Skinner is an entirely different flavor – a big physical receiver at 6-4, 195, he didn’t put up big numbers at Kansas, but that isn’t exactly a school known for having a powerful air attack.
But two impressive things come to mind about his resume: He’s a really good blocker in the run game, and Jets coach Aaron Glenn demands that from his receivers, whom he often tells, “If you don’t block, you don’t get the rock.” And while he didn’t have prolific career numbers in Lawrence, he had two standout games this past season against a pair of excellent programs. Against highly-ranked Arizona State, he finished with six catches for 130 yards and two touchdowns. He also had a fine game against Iowa State, catching four passes for a career high 135 yards and a touchdown.
So don’t be shocked if one of these guys grabs a roster spot.
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