New York Jets Training Camp: First-Round Draft Pick Zach Wilson Hits The Practice Field
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) -- New York Jets first-round draft pick Zach Wilson hit the practice field for the first time Friday morning.
As CBS2's Otis Livingston reports, he had some good moments, like a long hookup with fellow rookie Elijah Moore, and some bad, like throwing an interception.
He missed a couple of days of training camp while working out his contract, but he doesn't think he's got a lot of catching up to do.
"I wouldn't say I'm behind ... It's just getting back into the mix. I know the plays. I know my assignments. I know what's going on. I just gotta execute," Wilson said. "That's what practice is for. Every day is going to have something frustrated, and just trying to learn every single day how I can improve. Just knowing my place better and the different looks our defense is throwing at us, and that's going to be a process."
Wilson got that $35 million contract with a $22.9 million signing bonus. When he was asked what he was going to buy, he talked about the one thing he can't.
"You can't buy a Super Bowl, so I guess I got to work for that. We'll go get one of those. We'll go try and work for one of those. My girlfriend said to me, she goes, 'I forget you get money out of all of this stuff,' and I'm like, 'Well, that's 'cause the best part of it is the game.' The fun part is not the money. It's definitely playing football," he said.