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fan44'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON JAN 29, 2026

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  • fan44 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Giants
Draft Selections
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (NYG)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
Olaivavega Ioane Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (NYG)
Olaivavega Ioane
OG Penn State
D'Angelo Ponds Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (NYG)
D'Angelo Ponds
CB Indiana
Jalen Stroman Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (NYG)
Jalen Stroman
S Notre Dame
Oscar Delp Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 5 (NYG)
Oscar Delp
TE Georgia
Jalon Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (NYG)
Jalon Daniels
QB Kansas
Colbie Young Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (NYG)
Colbie Young
WR Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
Oscar Delp Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 5 (KC)
Oscar Delp
TE Georgia
Colbie Young Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (DAL)
Colbie Young
WR Georgia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (DAL)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
Draft Picks Traded
David Bailey Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (DAL)
David Bailey
LB-EDGE Texas Tech
Josh Moten Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (KC)
Josh Moten
CB Southern Miss
Jaren Kanak Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (KC)
Jaren Kanak
TE Oklahoma
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
Players Gained
Head Shot
George Pickens
WR
Draft Grade — Giants
Overall A-
ValueB NeedB- TradesA+ FutureA
The Giants turned the phones into found money: A-.

Give the war room a raise for the dealing alone. The Giants came out ahead on every exchange that mattered, and it was not close.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up. The cost of the Young reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

George Pickens gives the group a proven body among the projects.

Add it up and this is about as clean as a draft weekend gets.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Arvell Reese
In the Round 1 slot they get a sideline-to-sideline linebacker at fair value. More want than need.
Pick37 Rnd2 Olaivavega Ioane
By-the-book stuff, Olaivavega Ioane at pick No. 37 squarely in line with his ranking. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick105 Rnd4 D'Angelo Ponds
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on D'Angelo Ponds. It fills a real need, too.
Pick143 Rnd5 Jalen Stroman
Jalen Stroman in No. 143 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick176 Rnd5 Oscar Delp
They did well to land Oscar Delp in slot 176, just ahead of his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick191 Rnd6 Jalon Daniels
Jalon Daniels at Round 6, Pick 12 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick225 Rnd7 Colbie Young
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Colbie Young. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.