Coffee with the New York Jets: 5/18/15

It’s always a great idea to start your day off right with a nice cup of hot coffee and with great reading material on the New York Jets. Enjoy some solid pieces that will surely give you much to talk about heading into your day. This edition has pieces on a scouting report on Lorenzo Mauldin, Kerry Rhodes heading into acting and an inside look on what molded Mauldin towards pursuing his dream of playing in the NFL.

BGA: Scouting Lorenzo Mauldin by TheJetsBlog.com

"Mauldin, who is listed at 6’3″ and 259 pounds, is 22 years old and has played defensive end and outside linebacker for the Louisville Cardinals over the last four seasons. He recorded 119 tackles, 20.5 sacks and eight passes defensed over the course of his college career."

A long road to hope: Hard upbringing molded Jets draft pick Lorenzo Mauldin into a man by Seth Walder (NY Daily News)

"Beyond football, Gooden noted, Mauldin was very talented at both drawing and dance, but football was his real chance to make it. Gooden signed him up for a recreational league when he was in ninth grade, where they had Mauldin playing wide receiver — which is hard to believe now, looking at his 259-pound frame."

Ex-Jet ‘coming for’ LL Cool J’s job on ‘NCIS’ by Mark W. Sanchez (NY Post)

"Kerry Rhodes, who patrolled the Jets’ secondary as a safety from 2005-09, has kicked off his acting career, recently starring in a short film called “Protocol,” taglined with, “The true story of a SWAT operation gone wrong.”"

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