NFL scout sees shades of Hall of Famer in Jets rookie Armand Membou

The NY Jets were praised for how they handled the first three rounds of the 2025 NFL Draft, but Darren Mougey's first ever Draft pick in Missouri right tackle Armand Membou at No. 7 overall may have been one of the best selections any team made in this class.

After selecting left tackle Olu Fashanu last season, the Jets decided to form a bookend tandem of tackles that should (in theory) give New York some peace of mind at the position for the next 10 years.

Some scouts have outrageously high expectations for Membou after a dominant end to his collegiate career. Right after rookie tight end Mason Taylor was compared to Travis Kelce by an NFL analyst, those embedded in the scouting community believe that Membou could be on track to mirror the career of someone who played for almost 20 years.

ESPN's Jeremy Fowler claims that multiple respected scouts he has talked to believe that Membou compares to future Hall of Fame tackle Jason Peters. Like Membou, Peters is a 604, 330-pound tackle without amazing length who rode pure power and freakish athleticism to an endless career.

NFL scout compares Jets rookie Armand Membou to Jason Peters

Membou only gave up three sacks in his college career, and one of them is disputed. Membou's ability to use his raw upper body strength to shut down pass rushers while flexing his muscles in the run game makes him as close to a plug-and-play right tackle as the Draft has seen in two years.

Membou is one of just a handful of prospects in recorded history to run a sub-5.00 40-yard dash at 330 pounds. That kind of athleticism is what took Membou from a player who would have been picked in the first round no matter what to someone who was not going to leave the Top 10.

WIth Membou and Fashanu in the fold, the Jets will roll out a starting lineup that features five quality starters alongside left guard John Simpson, center Joe Tippmann, and right guatrd Alijah Vera-Tucker. Of that quintet, Simpson is the only one older than 26 years old and the only one not on a rookie contract.

The Jets took six Joe Douglas seasons before they finally managed to nail an offensive line combination, and the addition of Membou could take this unit from a promising collection of players to one of the absolute best groups in the game.