The New York Jets firmly have interest in Indiana wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr. ahead of the 2026 NFL draft.

According to ESPN's Jordan Reid, Cooper has taken a top-30 visit to New York prior to the upcoming draft:

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Indiana WR Omar Cooper Jr. is on a 30 visit with the Jets today, per source. In need of WR help, he’s been a popular pairing with the team at No. 16 overall. pic.twitter.com/92oIvSmn21

— Jordan Reid (@Jordan_Reid) April 13, 2026

Cooper's draft stock is a bit up in the air. Most consider him as a first-round selection, but could New York try to roll the dice in that regard?

The Jets have three picks in the first 33 selections at the 2026 draft at Nos. 2, 16, and 33. Cooper's stock appears to be somewhere between those 16 and 33 selections that Gang Green currently holds.

Could that mean the Jets would want to trade back up from No. 33 to secure Cooper in the back of the first round? What about waiting for a drop? Or the option of just securing Cooper at No. 16? All those appear to be on the table since Cooper has visited One Jets Drive.

Cooper's dynamic ability helped Indiana win the National Championship last season, and he could help Garrett Wilson at wideout on the Jets offense moving forward. In 16 games played last year, Cooper had 69 catches, 937 yards and 13 touchdowns.

Jets Wire will continue to provide updates throughout the 2026 offseason.

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As the Wisconsin Badgers seek their next permanent athletic director following Chris McIntosh's resignation, there are a few other question marks in Madison.

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Who will be the next UW athletic director’s boss and the boss of their boss are both unclear at this point. Here are a few of the recent changes and challenges UW faces:

• UW chancellor Jennifer Mnookin will leave at the end of the semester to become the next president at Columbia University.
• Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman was recently fired.
• Eric Wilcots, the dean of the College of Letters & Science, will be the interim chancellor. Mnookin said Wilcots will "take the lead in determining what a search for a new director of athletics may look like and when it will occur."
• Many of the challenges facing Wisconsin’s next AD – whether it be regarding football, NIL or other key aspects of a changing college sports landscape – also will be challenges facing Wilcots in the short term, as well as the permanent chancellor in the long term.

The looming leadership vacancies pose some obvious uncertainty for any candidate who wants to know who they would be working with and how much support they would get.

McIntosh's old job has many other enviable aspects, though, including Wisconsin's presence in the well-resourced Big Ten and foothold in the larger Milwaukee market.

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin's leadership uncertainty goes beyond Chris McIntosh leaving

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