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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NYG)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NYG)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (NYG)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (NYG)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Joshua Farmer Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (NYG)
Joshua Farmer
DT Florida State
Chase Lundt Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (NYG)
Chase Lundt
OT UConn
Kyle Monangai Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (NYG)
Kyle Monangai
RB Rutgers
Bilhal Kone Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (NYG)
Bilhal Kone
CB Western Michigan
Draft Grade — Giants
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B for the Giants.

You can draft well and still miss the point. The Giants did plenty of tidy work and somehow never got around to wide receiver, which was the need that mattered most. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

The Lundt reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. The Nolen steal is the beam this whole class leans on. On the needs board they went 5 of 9, with interior defensive lineman the one that mattered most.

Good work on the whole, with wide receiver the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In the 3rd overall pick they get a lockdown presence outside at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick34 Rnd2 Walter Nolen
Nice patience on Walter Nolen, who had no business lasting to the 34th pick. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick65 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson in No. 65 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick99 Rnd3 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. at pick 99 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick105 Rnd4 Joshua Farmer
A reach for Joshua Farmer in slot 105; a little patience would have been rewarded. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick154 Rnd5 Chase Lundt
They left a pile of value on the table to take Chase Lundt this early at the Round 5 slot. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick219 Rnd7 Kyle Monangai
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Kyle Monangai. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick246 Rnd7 Bilhal Kone
Nothing to complain about; Bilhal Kone went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A need, and now a little less of one.