With the third pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, the New York Jets select:
Josh Rosen QB UCLA. (This time the Jets got it right)
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Starter in all 11 games in which he saw action ... Named second-team All-Pac-12 by the coaches ... Helped to engineer the largest comeback in UCLA history in a 45-44 win over Texas A&M after trailing 44-10 in the third quarter ... Led the Pac-12 in passing yards per game average (341.5) and total offense per game average (332.6) ... Set school records for highest passing yards average per game (341.5), most games passing for 350 yards or more in a season (6), most games passing for 300 yards or more in a season (7), most consecutive games of 300-plus yards in total offense in a season (5), most consecutive game passing for at least 300 yards in a season (5) and most games with 350 yards or more of total offense in a season (6) ... Rosen tied the school record with 40 completions against Stanford ... He finished his Bruin career with the school marks for most games passing for 350 yards or more (10), most games passing for 300 yards or more (17), most games with 350 or more yards of total offense (11) and most consecutive games throwing a touchdown pass (14) ... Threw for at least 400 yards in games vs. Texas A&M (491), Memphis (463), Stanford (480), Arizona State (420), USC (421) ... Honorable mention All-Pac-12 Academic team.
2016
Starter in first six games of the season … Injured in game six at Arizona State, where he threw for career-best 400 yards … Missed the balance of the season … Has risen to sixth on the all-time school lists for passing yardage (5,583), total offense (5,527) and completions (429) … The 400 yards passing at ASU tied for the sixth-best total ever by a UCLA player … It was 10th 300-yard passing game of his career, which is tied for second on all-time school list (one behind Cade McNown, 1995-98) … Threw for 350 yards and three scores in win over Arizona … Passed for 307 yards in win at BYU … Named to Davey O'Brien, Walter Camp, Rotary Lombardi and Maxwell Award watch lists … Honorable mention Pac-12 Conference Football All-Academic team selection.
2015
Starter in all 13 games … Became first Bruin true freshman to start a season-opener at quarterback … Set numerous school marks - most consecutive passing attempts without an interception (245); most passes attempted in a game (57 v. Wash. St.); most passing yards by a true freshman in a game (399 v. Cal); most passing yards in a season by a true freshman (3,670); most 300-yard passing games in a season (tied-6); most touchdown passes thrown by a true freshman (23); most touchdown passes thrown by a true freshman in a game (3-tied); longest pass play by a true freshman (70 yds); most completions in a game (34 v. Cal); most passing attempts in a season (487); most passing yards per game in a season by a true freshman (282.3) … Threw for 300-yards in games v. Nebraska (319), Wash. St. (340), Oregon St. (333), Cal (399), Stanford (326) and Virginia (351) … Had three scoring passes in games against Nebraska, Cal, Stanford and Virginia … His 410 yards of total offense v. Washington State ranked No. 9 on all-time school list … The Sporting News' Freshman of the Year … USA Today 1st team Freshman All-America selection … The Sporting News' 1st team Freshman All-America selection … FWAA 1st team Freshman All-America selection … Pac-12 Conference Offensive Freshman of the Year (coaches) … Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year (AP) … Honored in New York after being selected as one of five recipients of the 2015 NFF National HS Scholar-Athlete award … Presented John Boncheff, Jr. Memorial Award for Rookie of the Year and the Captain Don Brown Memorial Award for Most Improved Player at the annual team banquet … Enrolled in January of 2015 and participated in spring practice.
High School
Listed No. 2 (five stars) on the Rivals.com Rivals 100 … Listed No. 12 (five stars) on Scout.com Scout 300 … Scout’s No. 1-rated quarterback … First-team USA Today All-America selection … Listed as four-star recruit, No. 2 quarterback in nation and No. 50 recruit in nation by ESPN.com … PrepStar Top 150 Dream Team and No. 1 recruit in nation … Selected to play in Under Armour High School All-Star game … 2014 MaxPreps California Division I All-State team … L.A. Times All-Area Player of the Year … Long Beach Press-Telegram Player of the Year … Southern Section All-Pac 5 Division Offensive Player of the Year … Completed 199 of 313 passes for 3,186 yards and 29 touchdowns in 2014 … For his career, he completed 525 of 840 pass attempts (63%) for 8,473 yards and 90 touchdowns … Led his 2013 high school team to MaxPreps National Championship, California State Championship, Pac-5 CIF Championship and Trinity League Championship … Also lettered in tennis and helped team advance to CIF playoffs for first time in over 10 years … Playing for the first time in four years, he advanced to the semifinals of league individual tennis tournament in 2014 … St. John Bosco Scholar-Athlete.
Personal
Full Name: Joshua Ballinger Lippincott Rosen … Born in Torrance, Calif. … Parents: Charles Rosen and Elizabeth Lippincott … Parents were both gold level ice dancers … Mom was captain of the lacrosse team and also played field hockey at Princeton … Has two sisters, Beatrice, who was a two-time NCAA DIII National Team Tennis Champion and a two-time DIII All-American tennis player and CoSIDA Academic All-District selection at Emory University, and Lydia, who is a nationally ranked high school rower … Josh was a nationally-ranked tennis player through middle school … Lists the NFL's Andrew Luck as the athlete he admires most … Hobbies include playing the guitar, beach volleyball and DJ'ing … Has volunteered for Habitat for Humanity … Member of the Athletic Director's Academic Honor Roll in Fall 2015, Winter 2015, Fall 2016, Winter 2017 and Spring 2017 … Economics major.
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