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With the Jets’ fifth-round pick, they stopped the free-fall of Virginia cornerback Bryce Hall.

Hall may have fallen victim to the lack of access to medicals due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Teams were unable to bring him in for a physical and have their own team physicians give their opinions. Rather than a team rolling the dice on his potential early on, he fell to the Jets at No. 158, which is terrific value for Gang Green.

Hall had considered bypassing his senior year in favor of the NFL draft but elected to return to the University of Virginia instead. While the injury to Hall dropped him in the draft, he’s going to come into training camp with a chip on his shoulder.

With that said, let’s get to the know the Jets’ newest addition to the secondary. Here are four things to know about Hall.

Devastating Injury

Bryce Hall was on his way to cementing himself as a first-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, but his body had other ideas.

Hall broke his fibula and tore his deltoid ligament. Essentially, Hall dislocated his ankle, broke those bones and tore that ligament. In Week 6 of the 2019 college football season, a Miami Hurricanes player rolled into his leg, ending his career at Virginia.

Although the Jets are under a new regime, New York is taking a flier on Hall much like they did Blessaun Austin a year ago. That gamble has paid off so far, Austin looks like a more than capable NFL cornerback. While his surgically repaired ankle is medically cleared, Hall doesn’t have full range of motion yet. Right now, Hall expects to be 100 percent medically cleared for training camp.