After the NFL scouting combine listed him as the number 2 out of 34 linebacker prospects, he was drafted 53rd overall in the second round by the New York Jets, joining his fellow Michigan teammate B. J. Askew (fullback), also drafted by the Jets in 2003.
Following the NFL scouting combine's ranking of him as the second linebacker prospect out of 34, he was picked 53rd overall in the second round by the New York Jets and joined his Michigan teammate B. J. Askew (fullback), who was also drafted by the Jets that year.