The New York Giants Mock 2025 NFL Draft (1.0)

The New York Giants enter the 2025 NFL Draft knowing that their biggest long-term need is to find their Eli Manning of the future. However, with the recent signing of free agent veterans Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston, they have eliminated the need to find a quarterback that can play right away.

The Giants have the 3^rd selection, giving them a guaranteed opportunity to select one of the three consensus top non-QB options in this draft:

1. Abdul Carter, EDGE, Penn State
2. Travis Hunter, WR/CB, Colorado
3. Mason Graham, DT, Michigan

Quarterback? Or best available? That’s the question that Giants’ General Manager Joe Schoen and Head Coach Brian Daboll are wrestling with as we count down to the NFL Draft that starts on Thursday, April 24 in Green Bay.

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Without further ado, let’s fire up the simulation. The New York Giant Mock 2025 NFL Draft (1.0) has been created by using Pro Football Network’s “NFL Draft Simulator”. The simulator makes all picks, except for the Giants. Yours truly will make those. While the simulator allows trades, we will not use that feature in v1.

The First Two Picks

1. Tennessee Titans select Cam Ward, QB, Miami (FL)
2. Cleveland Browns select Will Cambell, OT, LSU

The Giants Are On The Clock
The simulator threw us a curveball as we were expecting the Browns to either select QB Shedeur Sanders or one of the big 3 listed above. Now, all are available to the Giants. In our mind, this pick is a no-brainer, as we select the Heisman Trophy winner that will make an immediate impact on both sides of the ball.

Final Results

1. 1^st Round (3^rd overall) Travis Hunter, CB, Colorado
2. 2^nd Round (34^th overall) Tyler Shough, QB, Louisville
3. 3^rd Round (65^th overall) Ozzy Trapilo, OT, Boston College
4. 3^rd Round (99^th overall) Elijah Arroyo, TE, Miami (FL)
5. 4^th Round (105^th overall) Quincy Riley, CB, Louisville
6. 5^th Round (154^th overall) Jamaree Caldwell, DT, Oregon
7. 7^th Round (219^th overall) Shilo Sanders, S, Colorado
8. 7^th Round (246^th overall) Xavier Truss, OG, Georgia

Final Thoughts
The speculation is that the Giants would use Hunter full-time on defense at their top cover corner. He would then sprinkle in on offensive depending on how he handles the playbook and the workload. Even in a part-time role his presence should benefit last year’s top pick Malik Nabers. Shough gets points off for his age (25) and injury history (he played 7 years in college). However, he’s coming off a solid 2024 season and has the traits that would’ve made him a first-round contender if he was younger and injury free. The Giants get good value in getting Arroyo at the end of the third round, and they load up on the secondary with Riley (Shough’s college teammate) and Sanders (Deon’s other son and Hunter’s teammate).

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