The Seminoles went on to win their final two games with Travis watching from the sideline, but his injury did not stop him from supporting his team.
“You want to see how these guys respond to adversity,” Mandolesi said. “And obviously, Jordan’s injury was a terrible situation for him and the program with where they were in the season, but just the way he handled it was great. Sometimes guys have to go away for rehab or surgery or whatever it is, but he made sure he was around the team as much as possible. And for us, being a good teammate, especially through adversity, is huge.”
Travis was named first-team All-ACC and left Florida State tied for No. 2 in school history in wins by a starting quarterback (28-10). He finished his career with 17 straight victories.
“Just as a player, he grew a ton from year to year,” Davis said. “He is an outstanding athlete. He probably could have played receiver or safety. Obviously, he played quarterback at the college level, but he is just a real natural athlete.”
Mandolesi added: “The athleticism was really intriguing to me personally. I think, at the quarterback position, things aren’t always going to be perfect from a protection standpoint. Your receivers, you can’t control if they’re always going to get open. So, the ability to make things happen with your feet and get you out of some tough situations, I think that’s an advantage for him.”
General manager Joe Douglas said he wants the Jets to become the “quarterback factory” like the Packers of the 1990s, who had Brett Favre entrenched as a starter but added three quarterbacks in a six-year span — Mark Brunell in Round 5 in 1993, Matt Hasselbeck Round 6 in ’98 and Aaron Brooks Round 4 in ’99.
Douglas turned in the card with the No. 171 overall pick.
“We feel like Jordan is built to learn,” Mandolesi said. “Jordan can learn under Aaron [Rodgers] and Tyrod [Taylor] and we feel like Jordan is the best guy to sit back and learn…
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