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Former Mizzou Tackle Armand Membou Has 'Welcome to NFL' Moment: The Buzz

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Jun 10, 2025; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Jets offensive tackle Armand Membou (70) looks on during minicamp at Atlantic Health Jets Training Center. Mandatory Credit: John Jones-Imagn Images
Jun 10, 2025; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Jets offensive tackle Armand Membou (70) looks on during minicamp at Atlantic Health Jets Training Center. Mandatory Credit: John Jones-Imagn Images | John Jones-Imagn Images

Former Missouri Tiger Armand Membou is getting plenty of learning experience from his first NFL training camp with the New York Jets.

One of the top conversations coming out of the team's training camp has been the entertaining battles between Membou and edge rusher Will McDonald IV.

The Jets selected Membou with the No. 7 pick in 2025, and McDonald with the No. 15 overall pick in 2023.

In practice Saturday, McDonald handed Membou as close of a 'welcome to the NFL' moment you can get for a non-padded practice —  McDonald used his go-to spin move to move right past Membou for a sack. Soon after, McDonald bull rushed right through Membou for another sack.

"Will's my biggest 'opp' right now," Membou said in a press conference after practice. "Going against him was a really tough matchup. But it's also really competitive and really fun."

But McDonald, who had a breakout, 10.5-sack season with the Jets last year, has been more than just a tough test for Membou. The offensive tackle has asked for feedback from the speedy edge rusher.

"After practice too, I'll go talk to him just asking tips about what he sees about my game and my set, so it's been good work," Membou said of McDonald.

Going up against McDonald will be needed practice for Membou, who will have to face four-team All-Pro T.J. Watt and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

"Sometimes I'll go against him and I just be thinking like 'how did he do that?' But, a guy like him, he's just super athletic, so going against him, I know once I get to the game, it's going to make me a lot better."

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Aug 17, 2024; Columbia, Missouri USA; Missouri Tigers running back Jamal Roberts (20, center) walks with the offensive line during the team's practice at Faurot Field. | Amber Winkler/MissouriOnSi

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JOEY VAN ZUMMEREN

Joey Van Zummeren is the lead writer on Missouri Tigers On SI, primarily covering football and basketball, but has written on just about every sport the Tigers play. He’s also a contributing writer to Green Bay Packers On SI. From Belleville, Ill., he joined Missouri Tigers On SI as an intern in 2023.

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