4 things to know about new Jets G Greg Van Roten

Here are four things to know about new Jets guard Greg Van Roten.

Son of a baseball player

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Greg Van Roten went to Penn to play college football, but his father stayed local when it came time to continue his athletic career.

Thomas Van Roten played collegiate baseball at St. John’s University. The Queens campus is less than 20 miles from where Greg Van Roten grew up in Rockville Centre, New York.