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La’Mical Perine signs 4-year rookie contract with Jets

The Jets have signed La’Mical Perine to a four-year deal.

The New York Jets have locked up their potential running back of the future.

The team announced Thursday it has signed rookie running back La’Mical Perine to a four-year contract. According to the Daily News’ Manish Mehta, the deal is worth $4 million. Perine’s 2020 cap charge will be $796,000.

With Perine coming to terms on a deal, the Jets have now signed four of their nine draft picks. The other three rookies signed are Bryce Hall, Cameron Clark and Denzel Mims.

The Jets selected Perine in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL Draft out of the University of Florida. As a four-year player at Florida, Perine rushed for 2,485 yards, averaged five yards per carry and had 22 rushing touchdowns. Perine also had 72 catches for 674 yards and eight touchdowns.

Perine is going to be fighting for the No. 3 running back spot on the depth chart behind Le’Veon Bell and Frank Gore. Josh Adams, Trenton Cannon and Kenneth Dixon will join Perine in the competition.

Even if Perine doesn’t win the job, he’ll gain plenty of knowledge from Bell and Gore. That should bode well for Perine when he could be in line to nab the starting job down the road.

2020 NFL Draft: Here are all of the Jets’ picks

The Jets will have eight selections in this upcoming draft weekend, including four picks in the top 79.

The Jets will enter Joe Douglas’ first draft as Jets general manager with eight picks barring any last-minute trades.

New York’s draft selections include its own in the first six rounds plus the third-round pick — No. 68 overall — that the New York Giants sent to them along with a 2021 conditional fifth-rounder in exchange for DL Leonard Williams. The Jets also own the last pick of the sixth round, No. 211, that the Chiefs gave up in exchange for LB Darron Lee. New York had originally sent the pick to Indianapolis to acquire CB Nate Hairston, but the conditions attached to the pick were not met, leaving the Jets with eight selections.  In addition, Gang Green does not own its seventh-rounder, No. 225, having sent it to Baltimore in the trade for OL Alex Lewis, who New York re-signed to a three-year deal this offseason.

The Jets have four picks in the top 79, their four most valuable picks at the top of the draft since they had four picks in the top 72 back in the 2013 draft. New York will have the opportunity to add multiple starters in the first two days of the draft and will seek help at offensive line, edge rusher, wide receiver and cornerback.

Here are all eight of the Jets’ selections:

  • Round 1, pick 11 (No. 11 overall)
  • Round 2, pick 16 (No. 48 overall)
  • Round 3, pick 4 (No. 68 overall)
  • Round 3, pick 15 (No. 79 overall)
  • Round 4, pick 14 (No. 120 overall)
  • Round 5, pick 12 (No. 158 overall)
  • Round 6, pick 12 (No. 191 overall)
  • Round 6, pick 32 (No. 211 overall)

2020 NFL Draft: New York Jets team preview

Everything New York Jets fans need to know heading into the 2020 NFL Draft

Everything New York Jets fans need to know heading into the 2020 NFL Draft.

VITALS

Head Coach: Adam Gase

General Manager: Joe Douglas

2019 Record: 7-9

2020 DRAFT PICKS

1 (11)

2 (48)

3 (68, from Giants)

3 (79)

4 (120)

5 (158)

6 (191)

6 (211, from Chiefs)

TEAM NEEDS

Offensive Tackle

George Fant, Connor McGovern and Greg Van Roten were all brought in to help shore up the Jets’ offensive line, but they don’t have a true franchise building block up front. Given how much talent could be available at offensive tackle when they pick in the first round, the value could end up being too good to pass up.

Wide Receiver

New addition Breshad Perriman is a step down from Robby Anderson, who signed with the Panthers in free agency, and the rest of New York’s receiving core is okay at best. If they see a receiver they think has No. 1 weapon potential, don’t be surprised if they pull the trigger.

Edge Rusher

The Jets have had a need at edge rusher for what seems like forever, and while Jordan Jenkins has had 15 sacks in the past two seasons, they desperately need more talent alongside him. Though they’ll probably go offense in Round 1, they would be smart to add an edge rusher with one of their Day 2 selections.

TOP TARGETS

Jedrick Wills | OT | Alabama

Andrew Thomas | OT | Georgia

CeeDee Lamb | WR | Oklahoma

Jerry Jeudy | WR | Alabama

K’Lavon Chaisson | EDGE | LSU

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Jets to pick 11th in 2020 NFL draft

The Jets will locked in with the No. 11 pick in the 2020 NFL draft.

Let the mock drafts begin.

The Jets hold the No. 11 pick in the first round of the 2020 draft as the order for non-playoff teams has been set. It is the first time in franchise history that the Jets have picked 11th.

New York also has one pick in the second round, two picks in the third round, one pick in the fourth round, one pick in the fifth round and one pick in the sixth round.

With the regular season complete, the attention now turns to general manager Joe Douglas. It’ll be his first offseason running after he was hired in June and he has his work cut out for him, as the Jets have plenty of holes they need to address in the offseason.

New York’s first-round pick will go a long way in accomplishing Douglas’ goal of building from the ground up through the draft. He can go a variety of ways with this pick as the Jets need offensive line help, cornerbacks and a No. 1 wide receiver.

Douglas and his front office staff have about four months to scout college prospects and prepare for the draft. Until then, it’ll be going to the combine, private workouts and pro days in order to find the next New York’s next first-round selection.