David Bailey is signed, practicing for the Jets and providing a blast from the past for Aaron Glenn

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — David Bailey gave coach Aaron Glenn a small dose of nostalgia when he took the practice field for the first time with the New York Jets.

The No. 2 pick in the NFL draft is wearing No. 31 — the same jersey number Glenn wore while playing eight seasons with the Jets.

“I really didn't notice that until he picked it here,” a smiling Glenn said Friday after the Jets' first rookie minicamp practice. “He has to show out, I guess, with that number."

The Jets are banking on that.

Bailey was the highest-selected defensive player taken in the NFL draft by the franchise after a breakout season at Texas Tech. Considered by many the most pro-ready edge rusher in the draft, the 22-year-old Bailey signed his rookie deal — a four-year contract worth about $54.7 million, fully guaranteed — earlier in the day.

After Bailey flew to New Jersey from Pittsburgh the day after the draft two weeks ago, Glenn provided some proof that he and his new pass rusher have something in common.

“I was with my mom and my sister and we were just sitting there in his office and he actually told me,” Bailey said. “He showed me like a little poster board of his jersey.”

Glenn was the Jets' first-round pick — No. 12 overall — in 1994 out of Texas A&M. The three-time Pro Bowl cornerback wore No. 31 for all but two seasons — when he was No. 26 in Dallas — of his 15-year NFL career, which also included stops in Houston, Jacksonville and New Orleans.

Bailey has been wearing No. 31 for most of his football life, too. He sported the number during his prep days at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California. Bailey switched to No. 23 when he arrived at Stanford in 2022 because cornerback Zahran Manley, a senior, was wearing No. 31 for the Cardinal. Bailey stayed with No. 23 the following season when freshman cornerback Aaron Morris arrived and took over No. 31.

But when Bailey transferred to Texas Tech before last season, he was back in his familiar jersey digits.

A reporter jokingly asked Glenn if Bailey, who is listed at 6-foot-3 and 251 pounds, has to “fill out the uniform” — as opposed to say, the way the 5-9, 185-pound former cornerback did in his playing days.

“I don't think he'll have a problem filling out the uniform,” Glenn said with a big grin. “He'll be just fine in that.”

Bailey certainly was last year at Texas Tech, when he had 14 1/2 sacks — his combined total in three seasons at Stanford — with 52 tackles, 19 1/2 tackles and three forced fumbles, all on strip sacks. Glenn said Bailey will be used as an outside linebacker in the Jets' base defense, at defensive end in other situations and be moved around in pass rushing situations.

“He's a very intelligent man,” Glenn said. “He's going to be an exciting guy to coach, I will tell you that.”

Having the same jersey number as your coach is one thing, but cornerback D'Angelo Ponds drew immediate comparisons to Glenn when he was drafted by the Jets in the second round for his skills, style and stature.

The 5-8, 182-pound Ponds was a physical ballhawk at Indiana and the TV broadcast used Glenn as a player comparison when Pro Football Hall of Famer Curtis Martin announced the pick for the Jets. In a video from the draft room shared by the team, Glenn was seen smiling at the mention.

“It makes me proud that when people see him and they say (that),” the coach said. “I mean, I wish people looked at me and said I played like him because, heck, he’s a damn good player.”

Ponds, who had five interceptions — including two returned for touchdowns — in two seasons at Indiana, could see significant playing time as a rookie in the Jets' secondary as a potential nickel cornerback.

“I'm my own person," Ponds said of the comparisons to Glenn. "And I'm just trying to make a name for myself.”

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New York Jets' D'Angelo Ponds speaks at a news conference during rookie minicamp at the NFL football team's practice facility Friday, May 8, 2026, in Florham Park, N.J. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

New York Jets' David Bailey (31) takes part in drills with Nick Karika (67), Pascal Ekeji (54) and Nathan Voorhis (69) during rookie minicamp at the NFL football team's practice facility Friday, May 8, 2026, in Florham Park, N.J. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

FILE - New York Jets cornerback Aaron Glenn (31) celebrates his interception oduring the first half of an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints, Nov. 4, 2001, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Andrew Cohoon, File)

New York Jets' David Bailey takes part in drills at rookie minicamp at the NFL football team's practice facility Friday, May 8, 2026, in Florham Park, N.J. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

JERUSALEM (AP) — Nickolay Mladenov, the high representative for the International Board of Peace overseeing the Israel-Hamas ceasefire on Wednesday reiterated longstanding demands that Hamas and other militant groups, calling them “not negotiable.”

Seven months ago, the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreed to by Israel and Hamas included disarmament as a key provision but little progress has been made. Negotiations have centered around details, some of which Mladenov referenced on Wednesdaay, about gun buybacks and small arms for law enforcement.

But Mladenov also said Hamas could have a role in post-war Gaza if they disarmed. “We are not asking Hamas to disappear as a political movement,” he said.

He criticized the group for consolidating power in parts of Gaza and said they were doing it “to squeeze better terms of a negotiation.”

The remarks conflict with some of Israel’s aims to destroy the militant group that has governed Gaza for two decades.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Nickolay Mladenov, the top diplomat overseeing the U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal in Gaza, was in Jerusalem on Wednesday seeking to advance the ceasefire deal that Israel and Hamas agreed to more than seven months ago.

His appearance comes as efforts to advance the phased ceasefire have stalled, without much progress on its key tenets, including demilitarization and reconstruction. The truce envisioned Hamas handing over its weapons, Israeli forces withdrawing and rebuilding destroyed swaths of the coastal enclave after more than two years of war.

Instead, the seven months since the ceasefire have seen Israel and Hamas trade accusations of violations. Aid groups say Israel has not allowed the promised amount of aid in. Hamas has not disarmed and remains in control of roughly half the strip.

Israel has stepped up its attacks in Gaza in recent days, since the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, and many Palestinians fear a return of more airstrikes and full-scale war may be imminent.

Mladenov is a longtime U.N. diplomat and consultant who has also been a government minister in his home country, Bulgaria. Last year he was named high representative for Gaza for the President Donald Trump-led International Board of Peace designed to oversee post-war plans for the strip.

The Israel-Hamas war began when Hamas-led militants stormed Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 as hostages. Israel’s ensuing offensive has killed over 72,724 Palestinians, including at least 846 since a ceasefire took hold last October.

That’s according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which doesn’t differentiate between civilians and combatants but says around half the deaths were women and children. The figures by the ministry, which is part of the Hamas-led government, are seen as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and independent experts.

A Palestinian man carries water containers in Gaza City, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

FILE - United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov, attends a press conference at the (UNSCO) offices in Gaza City, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)