Aaron Glenn sings praises of Jets first-rounder Armand Membou

Aaron Glenn described Armand Membou as the type of player he is looking to add to the Jets. “He’s mean, he’s nasty, he’s tough,” Glenn said Thursday night after the Jets took Membou with the No.7 overall pick. You’d never know it talking to Membou off the field.

Membou arrived in Florham Park on Friday and was polite and cordial, nothing like the man who Jets fans will see on the field at right tackle. “When I get on that field, I just flip the switch,” Membou said.“No friends out there, so just get after everybody.” We are in the early days of Glenn’s tenure with the Jets and still learning exactly what the new coach will be looking for.

If his first draft choice is any indication, he wants some nasty in his players. “What we’re trying to do on offense, he really fits what we’re trying to do, so it was a no-brainer,” Glenn said.“I mean, once the pick was there for us, man, it was like this is the guy.” Membou came to football late.

He began playing in eighth grade but was on the skinny side.He also played tennis, soccer, basketball and wrestled.

Early in high school he could not make it on the varsity team.Then, in 2020 during the pandemic, Membou went to work on his body.

He began to work out more and eat, and when he showed up for football practice that summer he had gone from 220 pounds to around 250.He also had shot up from 6-foot to 6-3. “I feel like God, he just gave me like a new update or something,” Membou said. He became a dominant high school football player at Lee’s Summit North in Missouri and soon was recruited to play at Missouri.

He became a starter at right tackle for the Tigers midway through his freshman season and the NFL dream became realistic. “I knew it was a real possibility after my freshman year when I first got on the field,” Membou said. Membou would become a fixture at right tackle for Missouri through his sophomore and junior seasons.Many NFL teams did not see Membou as a loc...