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Justin Fields is expected to be the starting quarterback of the New York Jets in 2025 and perhaps 2026. Fields inked a two-year, $40 million contract with the Jets this past offseason, and with no clear contingency plan, especially with the retirement of Jordan Travis, Fields looks to be in sole possession of the starting job for the next two seasons, barring a massive change.
Fields certainly has his skeptics, however. ESPN's Jordan Reid released a way-too-early 2026 NFL mock draft, which has the Jets selecting a quarterback to replace fields. Most notably, he has the Jets taking a quarterback at No. 4, suggesting he believes the Jets will fare worse in 2025 than they did in 2024 and completely bottom-out.
In which case, Fields likely wouldn't be tabbed to be the team's starter in 2026. According to Reid, South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers will be the man for the jobs.
"If the Jets are picking this high, they probably didn't have a great 2025 season. And that means they would be in the market for a quarterback, despite another year on Justin Fields' contract.
Sellers' superb traits make him a contender for a meteoric rise up the board. He's a true dual threat, having passed for 2,534 yards and 18 touchdowns with 7 interceptions in 2024 while rushing for another 674 yards and seven scores. Sellers will have to improve his pocket vision and ball security (six lost fumbles in seven games), but he has the physical tools that NFL teams covet. He reminds me a lot of Donovan McNabb coming out of Syracuse." Reid wrote.
It's not a foregone conclusion that Sellers will leave college in 2026, but as things stand, if he does, he'll likely be one of the top quarterbacks taken off the board. Sellers is a dual-threat, much like Fields, running for 674 yards and seven touchdowns while throwing for 18 touchdowns and 2,534 yards.
Of course, it's hard to tell anything at this point. At this time last year, Quinn Ewers was one of the most highly-touted quarterbacks in college, and ended up becoming a seventh-round selection in the 2025 NFL Draft.
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Fields certainly has his skeptics, however. ESPN's Jordan Reid released a way-too-early 2026 NFL mock draft, which has the Jets selecting a quarterback to replace fields. Most notably, he has the Jets taking a quarterback at No. 4, suggesting he believes the Jets will fare worse in 2025 than they did in 2024 and completely bottom-out.
In which case, Fields likely wouldn't be tabbed to be the team's starter in 2026. According to Reid, South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers will be the man for the jobs.
"If the Jets are picking this high, they probably didn't have a great 2025 season. And that means they would be in the market for a quarterback, despite another year on Justin Fields' contract.
Sellers' superb traits make him a contender for a meteoric rise up the board. He's a true dual threat, having passed for 2,534 yards and 18 touchdowns with 7 interceptions in 2024 while rushing for another 674 yards and seven scores. Sellers will have to improve his pocket vision and ball security (six lost fumbles in seven games), but he has the physical tools that NFL teams covet. He reminds me a lot of Donovan McNabb coming out of Syracuse." Reid wrote.
It's not a foregone conclusion that Sellers will leave college in 2026, but as things stand, if he does, he'll likely be one of the top quarterbacks taken off the board. Sellers is a dual-threat, much like Fields, running for 674 yards and seven touchdowns while throwing for 18 touchdowns and 2,534 yards.
Of course, it's hard to tell anything at this point. At this time last year, Quinn Ewers was one of the most highly-touted quarterbacks in college, and ended up becoming a seventh-round selection in the 2025 NFL Draft.
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