Jets’ Frank Reich hire makes this QB draft target impossible to ignore

After a few weeks of reported mutual interest, the New York Jets and Frank Reich officially put pen to paper on Wednesday morning, making him the team's next offensive coordinator.

Reich is expected to be the "head coach" of the offense, while Aaron Glenn takes on a bigger role on the defensive side of the ball, including play-calling responsibilities, according to SNY's Connor Hughes.

With the Jets' search for an offensive coordinator done, they'll start to work on filling out the rest of the staff. But with Reich now in the fold, he'll also most certainly play a role in helping New York search for quarterbacks after the disaster that was their group in 2025.

They'll acquire a veteran, that's for sure. Reich has ties to guys around the league like Carson Wentz and Jacoby Brissett. But what about in the 2026 NFL Draft?

Could Jets new Frank Reich ties lead them to Penn State's Drew Allar?

Reich historically has a type for his preferred quarterbacks. He tends to like tall quarterbacks with big arms, who can stand in the pocket, make throws, and aren't afraid to take hits.

Could that lead the Jets to take a dart throw on Penn State's Drew Allar with one of their Day 3 selections?

Allar is an interesting prospect. At 6'5" and 235–242 pounds, he has all the physical tools you could want in a quarterback. But throughout his career with the Nittany Lions, he was never able to put it all together consistently enough to warrant hype as a generational prospect.

If he had come out in the 2025 NFL Draft, there was chatter he could've been a first-round pick following Penn State's deep run in the College Football Playoff. Instead, Allar returned to school for another season, played poorly, and got hurt. His draft stock took a significant dip.

Now, he's projected to be a third or fourth-round pick, which could be a good spot for the Jets to swoop in and take a flier on his skill set.

Reich's most recent attempt at developing a young quarterback didn't go so great. He was with the Carolina Panthers in 2023, Bryce Young's rookie season, and was fired before he could finish his first year on the job.

But Young doesn't exactly fit the bill as a Reich-type quarterback, and if we go back a little further in his coaching career, his best work with a young quarterback was with Wentz in 2017 with the Philadelphia Eagles. Before his ACL injury, Wentz was the favorite to win the MVP Award.

Allar fits the mold of Wentz moreso than Young, and will certainly be an intriguing prospect as we move through the draft process.