Former Port Huron Northern football star Braiden McGregor signs with New York Jets
While his name wasn't called during the 2024 NFL draft, Braiden McGregor will get still a chance to prove he belongs in pro football.
The former Port Huron Northern defensive end signed with the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent on Saturday night, according to a report from ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.
McGregor, a Port Huron native, spent the last three years on the University of Michigan football team.
As a senior in 2023, he started all 15 games for the Wolverines and received an All-Big Ten Conference honorable mention. The 6-foot-5, 257-pound pass rusher finished with 26 tackles (13 solo), 4.5 sacks, three pass deflections and one forced fumble. Two of his sacks came in the Rose Bowl victory over Alabama on Jan. 1.
McGregor is a 2020 graduate of Northern High School, where he starred on the football team from 2016-19.
"Finding out that Braiden signed with the Jets was awesome and I am ecstatic for him and his family," Northern coach Larry Roelens told the Times Herald in a text message. "Myself and the staff at Northern are extremely excited and proud of Braiden and his accomplishments he had at U of M. I know his character and abilities will take him far in his future endeavors."
Northern, which opened in 1965, has never had a former player appear in an NFL game, according to Pro Football Reference. Its archrival, Port Huron High School, which dates to 1868, has the city's lone prep athlete to accomplish that feat — Leo Draveling, who played nine games for Cincinnati Reds during the 1933 NFL season.
McGregor will look to join him in the history books.
Contact Brenden Welper at bwelper@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @BrendenWelper.
This article originally appeared on Port Huron Times Herald: Former PHN football star Braiden McGregor signs with New York Jets
