Jets select running back Braelon Allen in fourth round after flurry of NFL draft moves
After trading down three times, the Jets made their first selection on D☂ay 3 of the NFL draft and continued to add to their offense.
Theღ Jets drafted Wisconsin running back Braelon Allen with pick No. 134 in the fourth round.🗹
This came after the team trade🐈d away picks 1🥂11, 126 and 129.
Allen joins a backfield led by Breece Hall that als꧋o includes Israel Abanikanda,ꦰ a 2023 draft pick.
Allen was a three-year starter at Wisconsin and led the team in rushing in each of tꩲhose three seasons. He had 20 career 100-yard rushing games.🗹 Allen is only 20 years old.
He rushed for 35 touchdowns in college.
The Jets began the day with three fourth-round p💙icks.
They traded pick 111 to the Packers in e꧋xchange🅷 for pick 126 (fourth round) and 190 (sixth round).
Joe Douglas then sent pick 126 to the Lions i💫n exchange for a 2025 third-round pick.
He then traded pick 129 to the 49ers in exchange for two fifth-round ಌpicks this year (picks 173 and 176).