Many have walked onto the NFL draft stage as the newest addition to the New York Jets franchise, heralded as the second coming of Joe Namath, Curtis Martin or Mark Gastineau.

History has proven, though, that the most famous Jets of all time have been, more often than not, the most unpolished diamonds in the rough.

Here is a quick look at eight of the greatest Jets players ever to put on the hunter and white, that Gang Green never saw coming.

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