The New York Jets have found their man to protect Sam Darnold’s blindside in Louisville’s Mekhi Becton.
Becton is the one of the biggest players in this year’s draft standing at 6-foot-7, 364 pounds. A former basketball player, he’s also a freak athlete who ran a 5.1-second 40-yard dash at the NFL combine. Becton can play both tackle spots, as he started 12 games last season for Louisville with 10 games at left tackle and two games at right tackle. The biggest concerns with Becton entering the draft were his weight and his flagged drug test at the combine, but Jets officials obviously didn’t make much of either.
Here are some highlights from Becton’s Louisville career: