According to reports, offensive tackle Armand Membou is among the New York Jets’ preferred options with their first round pick. Membou is an offensive tackle prospect who has solidified himself as a top 10 pick in this draft. Membou is the #6 player on The Athletic’s consensus big board, which intends to summarize the placements of players on various other big boards.
Membou wasn’t always a blue-chip prospect as his draft stock would imply. Realistically, a year ago he wasn’t anywhere near Round 1 as a prospect, and teams likely would’ve been targeting him closer to day 3 than pick 3. Shown below is MockingTheDraft’s data on Membou’s draft stock as accumulated across expert, fan, and media mock drafts over the last year or so.
Needless to say, that’s a pretty steep incline for Membou’s draft stock. Obviously players can change over time, but this is typically the kind of sudden rise that gives teams and their fans a bit of hesitation. If the New York Jets do take Membou then we’ll simply have to hope that the gains are real, because his previous track record would suggest that there is some significant risk in his player profile.