So our 2nd round picks didn't go bad until the mid 80s:
1980: Darrol Ray, S--not bad, played a few years
1981: Marion Barber, Sr, FB--injured rookie camp, special teamer for a few years
1982: Reggie McElroy, OT--started a few years after Chris Ward left, average
1983: Johnny Hector, RB, solid 10-year career all with the Jets
1984: Jim Sweeney, C--good longtime starter at C, about 10 years
Gets bad around here, with a few exceptions:
1985: Lester Lyles, CB--mostly played special teams, got burned a lot when at CB
1986: Doug Williams, OT--didn't make the team, played 9 career games for Houston in 1986-87
1987: Alex Gordon, LB--played a couple years, didn't do much
1988: Terry Williams, CB--don't even remember him on the Jets
1989: Dennis Byrd, DT--great potential career cut short
1990: Reggie Rembert, WR--never played a game for the Jets
1991: Browning Nagle, QB--briefly a bad starting QB
1992: Kurt Barber, LB--stayed a couple years, didn't do much
1993: Coleman Rudolph, DE--knee injury rookie year
1994: Ryan Yarborough, WR--played for 4 teams, 44 career catches
1995: Matt O'Dwyer, OG--starter for 4 years
1996: Alex Van Dyke, WR--first pick of 2nd round, 26 career receptions
1997: Rick Terry, DT--lasted until 1998
1998: Dorian Boose, DE—nondescript 3 seasons with Jets
1999: Randy Thomas, OG—good 4-year starter with Jets, moved on
2000: no 2nd round pick, traded to SF (Jason Webster, CB)
2001: Lamont Jordan, RB—good behind Curtis Martin, moved on to mediocrity
2002: Jon McGraw, S—ok for a few years, never became the next Lynch
2003: Victor Hobson, LB—average for a while
2004: no 2nd round pick, traded to Tennessee (Travis LaBoy, LB)
2005: Mike Nugent, K—good career, mostly not for us
2006: Kellen Clemens, QB—career backup
2007: David Harris, LB—good career all with Jets so far
2008: no 2nd round pick, traded to Green Bay (Jordy Nelson, WR)
2009: no 2nd round pick, traded to Cleveland (David Velkune, DE)
2010: Vladimir Ducasse, OT—never panned out
2011: no 2nd round pick, traded to San Diego (Jonas Mouton, LB)
2012: Stephen Hill, WR—45 career receptions, 4 TD, 2 in 1st game
2013: Geno Smith, QB—inconsistent, now hurt
2014: Jace Amaro, TE—IR for the year
2015: Devin Smith, WR—injured in 1st practice