Jets first-round pick Kenyon Sadiq thought it might be a prank when he got the phone call from the Jets on Thursday night that they were drafting him .
“That was just my biggest fear, with Shedeur [Sanders] and all that stuff that happened with him,” Sadiq said. “It’s such a moment full of so many emotions. It’d be kind of not fun to get a prank call and stuff like that. But no, obviously the call and everything was amazing.”
The Jets took Sadiq, a tight end from Oregon, with the No. 16 overall pick.
The Jets social media team posted a video of the call from the Jets war room to Sadiq.
“I’m excited, Coach,” Sadiq told Jets coach Aaron Glenn during the call. “I was thinking this might be a prank call for a second.”
Kenyon Sadiq addresses reporters during his April 25 press conference. Bill Kostroun for the NY Post
“No, we’re not pranking you, brother,” Glenn said. “You’re going to be a Jet.…