Jets’ Garrett Wilson on ‘mission’ to return to his ‘totally different normal’: ‘It’s going to be a journey’

Nary a member of the New York Jets is prone to look again on the 2025 season with many positives to understand.

For huge receiver Garrett Wilson, arguably the staff’s prime expertise, it was most definitely a season he is trying to rebound from, having been held to seven video games as he battled knee accidents.

“I’ve got a different standard that I just want to get back to, and that’s the mission,” Wilson stated this previous week, through the Jets team website’s Randy Lange.

The Jets suffered by means of a dreadful 3-14 marketing campaign during which they sported the 29^th-ranked offense in yards and factors, whereas their protection was equally frightful (31^st in factors allowed, 25^th in whole protection). During their struggles, the Jets additionally traded away defensive standouts Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams.

Perhaps overshadowed was that Wilson was derailed for actually the primary time in his promising profession.

No matter the Jets’ struggles — as they’ve by no means received greater than seven video games since he joined the membership — Wilson produced in every of his first three seasons. He was the AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2022, which stood as the primary of three consecutive 1,000-yard showings to start his profession. He additionally by no means missed a sport, however he missed 10 in 2025 together with his 1,000-yard streak falling effectively brief after he tallied simply 395 yards in seven video games.

So, it should not come as a shock that Wilson is on a quest to get again the very excessive stage he is set since he was taken 10^th general in 2022 out of Ohio State.

“So now it’s just getting back comfortable with playing, getting used to having a guy on me running routes,” stated Wilson, who final performed in Week 10 of final season. “Stuff you can’t really mimic until you’re doing the real thing. I feel great, but as far as getting back to myself, I’ve got some work to do. I’m excited, though, I’m excited. It’s going to be a journey and, um … yeah, man, I’m not that far off.”