USC wide receiver Makai Lemon (5-11, 195) might not be the biggest pro prospect, but he’s long on confidence.
“My best trait? Probably the things that I can do,” he told reporters Friday at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. “I can catch, I can turn a 2-, 3-yard route into a big gain or even possibly a touchdown and then my blocking. The way I can impact the team without the ball in my hands.”
In 12 games last season for the Trojans, Lemon hauled in 79 passes for 1,156 yards (14.6/rec) and had 11 TDs.
“I’m trying to get in the end zone,” Lemon said. “I ain’t going to let nobody in my way stop me from doing that, so the fastest way I can do that — I’m going to do that for sure.”
Lemon is considered one of the top receiving talents in this draft class. He could be a consideration for the Jets with their second pick, No. 16 overall, in the first round.
“I met with the Jets,” he said. “It went good, it went smooth. They talked ball, trying to see who I am as a person.”
The last time the Jets took a USC wideout in the first round was 1996 when the club made Keyshawn Johnson the No. 1 overall pick.
“He’s one of them greats and much respect to him,” Lemon said of Johnson. “It would be great to see him and chop it up with him one day.”