New York Jets linebacker Vernon Gholston does not seek to replace Mamula as that guy, that example, the freshest reminder. But based on his riveting 2008 combine and his undistinguished rookie ...

Perhaps unwittingly, Jets defensive coordinator Mike Pettine yesterday offered some somewhat telling praise of linebacker Vernon Gholston. Pettine said Gholston has “graded out” very well in h ...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Could Vernon Gholston get his first NFL sack tonight against seemingly unsackable Patriots quarterback Tom Brady? Wouldn’t that be something? It has flown under the radar ...

In two games, Jets second-year linebacker Vernon Gholston has gone from a certified bust to a player with promise. At that rate, who knows where the former sixth pick overall out of Ohio State in ...

If there is anyone who can empathize with Vernon Gholston right now, it's the two outside linebackers ahead of him on the depth chart: Calvin Pace and Bryan Thomas. "It's hard to ask a 21-year-old or ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- The New York Jets are giving Vernon Gholston one more season to prove he was worth the sixth overall pick they used on him 2008. Vernon Gholston had an impressive combine in 2008 ...

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- Vernon Gholston insists it's only a coincidence that he's wearing the No. 56 for the New York Jets. Sure, the hulking outside linebacker is expected to add a much-needed boost ...

You might mean the gal with the great face and galling body, or the reverse. Or you may mean Vernon Gholston, whose body should come with a cape, who emerged from Ohio State built like Evander ...

Vernon Gholston knows the heavy expectations surrounding him as the sixth pick in the draft. After watching her son take care of his ailing father as a youngster years ago, Cheryl Gholston knows ...

Even though he’s been a statistical non-factor for two seasons, Vernon Gholston isn’t ready to brand himself with the dreaded “B” word just yet. The Jets‘ outside linebacker-turned-full ...

There's no sugar coating it. Vernon Gholston is exactly what we need. This man, or beast, will vault the Raiders' defense to that level that we havent seen in over 25 years, punishing whoever ...

In about mid-November last year, after researching scouting reports looking into mocks and thinking it through, I absolutely fell in love with Vernon Gholston. After putting up unfathomable ...