Aaron Rodgers already 'excited' to link up with Malachi Corley, says Jets head coach Robert Saleh... after New York took the West Kentucky receiver with 65th pick in the NFL Draft

Aaron Rodgers is licking his lips astatine nan imaginable of playing pinch caller Jets receiver Malachi Corley adjacent season, caput coach Robert Saleh has revealed.

Corley, nan West Kentucky receiver who has drawn comparisons pinch San Francisco 49ers prima Deebo Samuel, was selected by New York pinch nan 65th wide prime successful nan 3rd information of nan NFL Draft connected Friday.

Straight aft nan Jets made their choice, prima backmost Rodgers posted an eyes emoji connected his X relationship to seemingly endorse nan pick, earlier sending a matter to Saleh to definitive his excitement astatine playing pinch nan 22-year-old.

'Already sewage a text, he’s excited,' Saleh said astir Rodgers' thoughts connected nan squad drafting Corley.

The New York coach added astir his caller receiver: 'He’s elite pinch nan shot successful his hands. He’s an angry runner. He evidently calls himself nan "YAC KING" and he’s deserving of it. We’ll get him here. 

'He’s sewage immoderate things to activity connected for sure, but astatine nan aforesaid time, we emotion his mindset. We emotion his style of play. He’s going to bring an added constituent that we don’t person to our team.'

In his clip pinch West Kentucky, Corley group a schoolhouse record with 259 profession receptions for 2,943 yards and 29 touchdowns.

According to NFL Network's Peter Schrager, a rival GM is envious of nan Jets' action aft claiming nan wideout will 'win aggregate angry runs this year'.

Earlier this week Rodgers besides appeared to springiness his tepid support of Jets first-round prime Olu Fashanu, contempt admitting nan squad didn't needfully request different violative tackle. 

Among nan awesome moves nan Jets made were signing eight-time Pro Bowl action Tyron Smith, acquiring violative tackle Morgan Moses from Baltimore and signing erstwhile Ravens defender John Simpson. Despite those signings, Fashanu was selected astatine No. 11 wide by New York aft nan Jets traded down 1 spot Thursday night.

'We already made 3 moves successful nan offseason [to reside nan violative line] pinch bringing John [Simpson] to play guard, Morgan [Moses] to play tackle and Tyron [Smith] to play tackle arsenic well, truthful it wasn't needfully astatine nan apical of nan needs,' Rodgers said. 'But I cognize they really loved Olu.'

The prime came aft nan Jets dealt nan No. 10 wide action to nan Minnesota Vikings — who took Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy. 

New York besides sent a sixth-rounder (No. 203) to Minnesota, which traded No. 11 wide on pinch a fourth-rounder (No. 129) and a fifth-rounder (No. 157) to nan Jets.

'I emotion what [general head Joe Douglas] did, moving backmost and getting a mates much picks,' Rodgers said.