Jaybeast17'S MOCK DRAFT

Jaybeast17'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON JAN 11, 2026

2025 draft 33

  • Jaybeast17 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Giants
Draft Selections
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NYG)
James Pearce Jr.
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Jack Sawyer Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (NYG)
Jack Sawyer
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (NYG)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
Hayden Conner Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (NYG)
Hayden Conner
OG Texas
Dillon Gabriel Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (NYG)
Dillon Gabriel
QB Oregon
Elic Ayomanor Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (NYG)
Elic Ayomanor
WR Stanford
Jared Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (NYG)
Jared Wilson
C Georgia
Riley Leonard Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (NYG)
Riley Leonard
QB Notre Dame
Shaun Dolac Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (NYG)
Shaun Dolac
LB Buffalo
Draft Picks Received
Jack Sawyer Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Jack Sawyer
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Jared Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (HOU)
Jared Wilson
C Georgia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (HOU)
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Draft Picks Traded
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (HOU)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Draft Grade — Giants
Overall C+
ValueC- NeedB TradesC- FutureB
The Giants land in the muddy middle: C+.

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Hayden Conner, 171 picks early at Round 3, Pick 35. For now it grades a C+, with the swing picks left to settle the rest.

They banked enough surplus on Ayomanor to cover a lot of smaller sins. They punted on interior defensive lineman, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. A small leak at the table, if not a fatal one.

If James Pearce Jr. and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 James Pearce Jr.
They reached into another round for James Pearce Jr., and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick58 Rnd2 Jack Sawyer
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jack Sawyer. The roster fit checks out.
Pick65 Rnd3 Dylan Sampson
A straight-up fair deal on Dylan Sampson at Round 3, Pick 1, value and slot in agreement. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick99 Rnd3 Hayden Conner
Hayden Conner in slot 99 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick105 Rnd4 Dillon Gabriel
Dillon Gabriel at pick 105 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick154 Rnd5 Elic Ayomanor
Elic Ayomanor in pick No. 154 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick166 Rnd5 Jared Wilson
Jared Wilson in No. 166 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick219 Rnd7 Riley Leonard
You do not let a quarterback like Riley Leonard reach the 219th overall pick and blink. They did not. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick246 Rnd7 Shaun Dolac
A wild overpay on Shaun Dolac in Round 7, Pick 30, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.