Jets' Undrafted Former D-II Dynamo Predicted To Make Roster

Pritchett’s inclusion on the roster would make for a good story. The 22-year-old went undrafted in 2025 after a productive 2024 season at South Alabama in which he tallied 91 receptions for 1,126 yards and nine touchdowns, earning first-team All-Sun Belt honors.

Pritchett’s rise is inspiring. A native of Jackson, Alabama, Pritchett began his college career at Division-II Tuskegee. After one year at Tuskegee, Pritchett transferred to South Alabama as a walk-on in 2022. By 2023, he had earned a scholarship. 

At five-foot-eight, 175 pounds, Pritchett is far from a towering target, but his yards after catch potential is strong. 

Furthermore, Jets head coach Aaron Glenn knows from personal experience that diminutive stature in no way prevents a player from becoming an NFL difference-maker. 

As Glenn looks to build a special culture in New York, bringing aboard a guy like Pritchett would bolster that cause. Undrafted players tend to add a competitive edge and hunger to NFL locker rooms. 

And while some Jets observers (ESPN's Rich Cimini included) speculate that Pritchett's fumble during a punt return on Friday night may have hurt Pritchett's roster chances, Glenn's postgame comments on Pritchett point in a different direction.

"We could sit there & talk about the fumble that he had, but you look at the plays he made after that," Glenn said, per Jets reporter Harrison Glaser. "Resilient. We're not down on that player, it happens in this league, now you don't want it to happen, & you coach him on the mistake, but he's the type of player that goes right back out there & goes make plays, so that's intriguing to see a player operate like that."

For Pritchett, going from D-II football to the “freakin’ New York Jets” (in the words of Glenn) would be quite an impressive glow-up in a four-year span.

It might be just the kind of improbable story that the Jets need in their locker room as they look to prove everyone wrong in 2025.