New York Daily News

Wrong way LB had other DUI bust

- BY DANIEL POPPER AND MANISH MEHTA

Late last month, Jets linebacker Dylan Donahue was arrested at 2 a.m. after police said he caused a wrongway crash inside the Lincoln Tunnel. He was charged with reckless driving and DWI as a result of the head-on collision.

As it turns out, that was only one of at least two drunken-driving arrests for Donahue in the past year.

Donahue, 25, was arrested for DUI on May 9 of last year in Billings, Montana, according to multiple reports. And that run-in with the law came

only 10 days after the Jets drafted Donahue in the fifth round of the 2017 draft.

Donahue reportedly recorded a blood-alcohol level of .137, nearly twice the legal limit, and was arrested after police found his SUV flipped over. Donahue reportedly told police that he’d “consumed several alcohol drinks earlier in the evening.”

Donahue still faces a misdemeano­r DUI charge stemming from the arrest. He played in four games last year before suffering a season-ending elbow injury. Donahue is reportedly expected back in court April 11 in Weehawken, N.J., for a hearing related to his February arrest.

MISSING OUT: The Daily News has learned the Jets coveted outside linebacker Barkevious Mingo and defensive lineman DaQuan Jones, who each signed elsewhere.

Mingo, a bit player with the Super Bowl champion Patriots in 2016, started six games with the Colts last season. The former LSU star has bounced around after Cleveland took him with the No. 6 overall pick in 2013. He signed with Seattle.

The 26-year-old Jones signed a three-year, $21 million deal (with $8 million in 2018 and $14 million guaranteed at signing) to return to the Titans.

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