New York Jets trade Sam Darnold to Carolina Panthers for three draft picks

• Jets will receive picks in second, fourth and sixth round of draft
• 23-year-old never lived up to promise at Jets

The Sam Darnold era at the New York Jets is over with news that the quarterback is being traded to the Carolina Panthers in return for a sixth-round pick in this year's NFL draft and a second-rounder and fourth-rounder in 2022.

Darnold was seen as the future of the Jets when they selected him with the No 3 overall pick in the 2018 draft. But, while he showed glimpses of his potential, he was also wildly inconsistent during his tenure, something that was not helped by his team's failure to build a supporting cast around him. In 2019, in his most infamous game as a professional, he was caught on microphone saying he was seeing ghosts" against divisional rivals the New England Patriots when he was picked off four times.