23. Muhammad Wilkerson, DE, Jets

Wilkerson's versatility keeps offensive offensive lines off guard.

Wilkerson has been moved around during his Jets career as the franchise bulks up with young linemen like Sheldon Richardson and Leonard Williams, but if you want to know how versatile he is, check out the Jets' Week 14 win over the Titans last year. Wilkerson picked up two sacks—one as a base 3–4 end and one as an end outside the tackle in the Jets' sub-package—and he forced a fumble as a one-gap nose tackle. There aren't many players with Wilkerson's speed on the move, and he has a great power base to accentuate it.

Published Jul 6, 2016

DOUG FARRAR

SI.com contributing NFL writer and Seattle resident Doug Farrar started writing about football locally in 2002, and became Football Outsiders' West Coast NFL guy in 2006. He was fascinated by FO's idea to combine Bill James with Dr. Z, and wrote for the site for six years. He wrote a game-tape column called "Cover-2" for a number of years, and contributed to six editions of "Pro Football Prospectus" and the "Football Outsiders Almanac." In 2009, Doug was invited to join Yahoo Sports' NFL team, and covered Senior Bowls, scouting combines, Super Bowls, and all sorts of other things for Yahoo Sports and the Shutdown Corner blog through June, 2013. Doug received the proverbial offer he couldn't refuse from SI.com in 2013, and that was that. Doug has also written for the Seattle Times, the Washington Post, the New York Sun, FOX Sports, ESPN.com, and ESPN The Magazine. He also makes regular appearances on several local and national radio shows, and has hosted several podcasts over the years. He counts Dan Jenkins, Thomas Boswell, Frank Deford, Ralph Wiley, Peter King, and Bill Simmons as the writers who made him want to do this for a living. In his rare off-time, Doug can be found reading, hiking, working out, searching for new Hendrix, Who, and MC5 bootlegs, and wondering if the Mariners will ever be good again.

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