The Jets unofficial depth chart currently places David Bailey, Kenyon Sadiq and Omar Cooper Jr. with the second team. According to the NFL 2026 Draft Tracker, all three were first-round selections by New York. Put those facts together, and the arrangement is bound to attract attention.
The temptation is to turn three matching labels into one sweeping judgment about the rookie class. The chart does not support that reading. Bailey appears at END, Sadiq at tight end and Cooper at wide receiver, each behind a different name. The common label is real, but its meaning stops well short of a shared verdict.
Why the Jets call this depth chart unofficial
The Jets page labels itself an “Unofficial Depth Chart.” That description matters. The Jets unofficial depth chart supplies a team-site ordering of names by position and team designation. It shows who is printed first, second, third or fourth in a given row at the time the page is reviewed.
What it does not provide is an explanation. There is no accompanying statement on the page assigning weight to the gaps between players, and the listing itself does not turn those labels into a final regular-season plan. It is useful as a narrow reference, not as a substitute for an attributable explanation from the team.
JetCast’s read starts with that limit. The page can answer, “Where is this player listed?” It cannot answer every football question that follows. Readers looking for a broader roster exercise can find that separately in our Jets 53-man roster projection. This article is only about interpreting three rows already published by the club.
David Bailey is behind Kingsley Enagbare
The Jets list Kingsley Enagbare with the first team at END and David Bailey with the second team. That is the complete official fact relevant here. The row orders Enagbare above Bailey on the current unofficial chart.
The limited takeaway is that Bailey’s listing belongs to the defensive END row. It should not be blended with the tight end or wide receiver rows simply because the same “Second Team” heading appears above each rookie’s name. Position is part of the information, and Bailey’s immediate comparison on this page is Enagbare.
The chart offers no written reason for that order. It also gives no scale for the separation between the two names. Any fuller discussion of the rookie’s development belongs in the separate look at David Bailey’s first Jets test, not in a reading of one depth-chart line. Here, the sound conclusion is deliberately modest: Bailey is second at END on this version of the Jets’ unofficial listing.
Kenyon Sadiq is behind Mason Taylor
At tight end, the Jets list Mason Taylor with the first team and Kenyon Sadiq with the second team. Again, the official page establishes an order of names. It does not explain the reasoning behind that order or attach a broader declaration to it.
JetCast’s read is that Sadiq’s placement must be considered within the tight end row, with Taylor as the player immediately above him. That context is different from Bailey being below Enagbare at END. The shared second-team wording does not erase the different position, different first-team name or different shape of the comparison.
There is also no need to make this chart carry questions it was not built to answer. A deeper discussion of how Sadiq could fit belongs in our analysis of Kenyon Sadiq’s realistic Jets role. The unofficial chart itself supports only the present listing: Taylor first and Sadiq second at TE.
Omar Cooper Jr. is behind Garrett Wilson
The Jets list Garrett Wilson with the first team at wide receiver and Omar Cooper Jr. with the second team. On the current page, Wilson is the name directly above Cooper. That makes Cooper’s row immediately distinct from both Bailey’s and Sadiq’s.
The limited takeaway is not difficult, but it is easy to overstate. Being listed behind Wilson tells readers Cooper’s place in this particular WR row. It does not make the wide receiver comparison interchangeable with the END or TE ordering. The identity of the first-team player is part of the context, not a detail to strip away while grouping the rookies.
Nor does the unofficial listing define how Cooper might be used. Questions about his broader receiving possibilities are handled in our separate look at Omar Cooper Jr.’s versatility test. For this chart, the official fact remains narrower: Wilson is first team and Cooper is second team at WR.
What the three second-team listings actually share
The shared fact is precise. Three players selected by the Jets in the first round of the 2026 draft are listed with the second team on the club’s current unofficial depth chart. That makes the pattern worth noticing. It does not make the three entries equivalent.
Bailey’s line is an END comparison with Enagbare. Sadiq’s is a TE comparison with Taylor. Cooper’s is a WR comparison with Wilson. The chart groups each player within his own position, not within a special category for first-round rookies. JetCast’s analysis therefore treats the matching labels as a visual pattern across separate rows, rather than a single football conclusion about the class.
That distinction also keeps this article from becoming another draft review. The larger class-building argument is available in our piece on the Jets’ 2026 first-round philosophy. The unofficial depth chart adds a current ordering of three names, but it does not rewrite the reasons New York selected them or settle what the class will become.
What would make the listings more meaningful
A revised official team listing would provide a new snapshot. An explicit, attributable statement from a Jets coach could provide something this page lacks: an explanation with a named source. Either would carry more interpretive value than filling the silence around an unofficial chart with assumptions.
Even then, the evidence should be read for exactly what it says. A changed row would show that the published order changed. A direct statement would support the specific point the speaker made. Neither should become permission to build conclusions beyond the source.
Until stronger evidence arrives, the responsible reading stays simple. The Jets unofficial depth chart lists Bailey behind Enagbare at END, Sadiq behind Taylor at TE and Cooper behind Wilson at WR. Three rookies share a second-team label, but they do so in three different positional contexts. That is a useful snapshot. It is not a final answer.