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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (NYG)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (NYG)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (NYG)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NYG)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (NYG)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Sataoa Laumea Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (NYG)
Sataoa Laumea
OT Utah
Xavier Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 183 RND: 6 (NYG)
Xavier Thomas
DE-EDGE Clemson
Draft Grade — Giants
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Giants finally solved quarterback, and it carried them to a B.

Nobody had Xavier Thomas this high, and it is not close. The Giants reached 87 spots to get him at Round 6, Pick 8.

So much rides on Drake Maye that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Abrams-Draine.

That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They went 5 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick5 Rnd1 Drake Maye
Drake Maye at the 5th pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It fills a real need, too.
Pick37 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Xavier Legette in the 37th overall pick, plain and simple. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick54 Rnd2 Troy Fautanu
A quiet steal in the Round 2 slot: Troy Fautanu for less than the market said. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick69 Rnd3 Kris Abrams-Draine
The board fumbled Kris Abrams-Draine all the way to pick 69, and they scooped it up. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick105 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
They paid sticker price for Tommy Eichenberg in Round 4, Pick 5, and that is fine. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick142 Rnd5 Sataoa Laumea
They took Sataoa Laumea at par in slot 142, which is nothing to complain about. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick183 Rnd6 Xavier Thomas
They reached into another round for Xavier Thomas, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.