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Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (NYG)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (NYG)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (NYG)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (NYG)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (NYG)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
Jaden Hicks Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (NYG)
Jaden Hicks
S Washington State
Joshua Gray Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (NYG)
Joshua Gray
OT Oregon State
Draft Grade — Giants
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Giants finally solved quarterback, and it carried them to a B.

After circling the position for what felt like forever, the Giants committed. Jayden Daniels is the quarterback now, and the roster gets built to his timeline. The bottom line is a respectable B.

McKinstry falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. For all the activity, interior defensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Every board in the league had Gray lower, and that gap is the story. Safety was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In Round 1, Pick 6 they get the face of the franchise. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick39 Rnd2 Kool-Aid McKinstry
They robbed the room for Kool-Aid McKinstry here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick47 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
Xavier Legette in slot 47 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick70 Rnd3 Edgerrin Cooper
Value with a capital V on Edgerrin Cooper in pick No. 70, a genuine coup. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick107 Rnd4 Matt Goncalves
They did well to land Matt Goncalves in the 107th pick, just ahead of his grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick143 Rnd5 Jaden Hicks
Nice patience on Jaden Hicks, who had no business lasting to the Round 5 slot. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick185 Rnd6 Joshua Gray
Joshua Gray in No. 185 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.