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Who Did the New York Giants Select in the 2025 NFL Draft?
The New York Giants selected Abdul Carter (EDGE, Penn State) with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
New York Giants Needs: Top Positions of Need in 2025
- Offensive Line
- Quarterback
- Defensive Line
What Picks Do the New York Giants Have in 2025?
The New York Giants have 8 picks in the 2025 NFL Draft, including:
- Round 1 (3)
- Round 2 (34)
- Round 3 (65)
- Round 3 (99)
- Round 4 (105)
- Round 5 (154)
- Round 7 (219)
- Round 7 (246)
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New York Giants Offense: Depth Chart, Analysis & Draft Needs
Rich Hribar breaks down the offensive depth chart by position for the New York Giants, identifying areas where the team could improve in the upcoming 2025 NFL Draft.
Quarterback Depth Chart, Giants:
- Russell Wilson
- Jameis Winston
- Tommy DeVito
The Giants once again received bottom-of-the-barrel quarterback play in 2024.
Their quarterbacks collectively finished 31st in the NFL in EPA per dropback (-0.11).
They completed 61.9% of their throws (29th) for 6.0 yards per pass attempt (31st).
They had a league-low 2.5% touchdown rate.
Mixing things up completely, the Giants added both Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston to their roster for equally guaranteed money to what Daniel Jones received on the open market.
Wilson’s contract is worth up to $21 million and puts him in pole position to lead things off as the QB1 in the room, but the door is wide open for both of these players to make starts in 2025 based on recent performances.
Pittsburgh was 6-5 in Wilson’s starts last season, which included a win over the Giants in Week 8.
Wilson was 23rd in EPA per dropback last season (0.00) and 28th in success rate (41%).
In true Wilson form, he either threw the ball down the field or took a checkdown, with almost no middle game.
51.8% of Wilson’s throws were 5 or more yards downfield (25th), but 13.4% were on throws 20 or more yards downfield (9th).
On those deep throws, Wilson was third in the NFL last year in rating (113.4) and was second with a 46.7% completion percentage.
New York passers combined for a 62.4 rating (24th) and only a 26.3% completion percentage (28th) on those throws last season.
Winston made seven starts with Cleveland last season, with the Browns posting a 2-5 record in those starts.
With Winston, you know you are going to walk the tightrope of moments that showcase why he was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2015 draft paired with back-breaking mistakes.
There may not have been a better example of the “Jameis Experience” than last season’s Monday Night Football game in Denver.
In that game, Winston threw for 497 yards and 4 touchdowns, but he also threw 3 interceptions, two of which were returned for touchdowns.
Turnovers have been the largest obstacle for Winston to overcome.
He had a 5.2% turnover-worthy throw rate last season, per Pro Football Focus. No passer who attempted as many passes as Winston in 2024 had a higher rate.
His 3.5% interception rate was 30th in the league during Weeks 8-14 as the starter.
Winston’s deal has incentives worth up to $16 million over two seasons, but the short-term additions are more of New York kicking the can on the position for 2025.
Either they strongly suspect that a quarterback will not be available for them at No. 3 overall, or they are just not sold on the players who could have been available.
The Giants were expected to have the No. 1 pick in this draft, but a late-season win pushed them down a couple of spots.
They are now at the mercy of what the Titans and Browns do ahead of them (both teams also have a need at the position).
However, this is still a long-term need for the franchise. The likelihood that Wilson or Winston is the big-picture answer is thin.
Tommy DeVito has made 8 starts over the past two seasons.
The Giants went 3-5 in those games, with DeVito throwing for 6.1 Y/A and taking a sack on a league-high 16.2% of his dropbacks.
Running Back Depth Chart, Giants:
- Tyrone Tracy
- Devin Singletary
- Eric Gray
- Dante Miller
The New York running game is still a work in progress.
Their running backs ranked 30th in the NFL in EPA per rush (-0.16).
Their running backs combined for a 31% success rate (31st) with an explosive run on 8.8% of their attempts (26th).
Despite the lackluster top-down results, Tyrone Tracy was a nice find for the Giants in the draft last season.
Selected in the fifth round (166th overall), Tracy turned 230 touches into 1,123 total yards and 6 touchdowns.
You can even make a strong case that Tracy was underutilized (especially as a pass catcher), but he ended up in the doghouse at various points as a rookie due to 5 fumbles.
Tracy only had a 30.7% success rate (44th), but he averaged more yards before contact (1.53) and had a higher rate of runs that went for 10 or more yards (9.4%) than Devin Singletary.
Singletary still has two years left on a deal he signed last offseason.
He remains a solid complementary piece and viable backup runner despite losing ground to Tracy last season.
Singletary only ran for 3.9 YPC (38th out of 46 running backs with 100 or more attempts), but he led that group with the lowest rate of runs that failed to gain yardage (11.5%).
The team still has Eric Gray, who has two years left on his rookie deal.
Despite room for improvement, this is not a significant area of need for the Giants to address using premium capital.
They could add any player they are in love with, but look for Tracy to make another step forward, paired with the potential for a better offensive environment that stems from improving their quarterback play, which can coax out added efficiency.
Wide Receiver Depth Chart, Giants:
- Malik Nabers
- Darius Slayton
- Wan’Dale Robinson
- Jalin Hyatt
- Lil’ Jordan Humphrey
- Ihmir Smith-Marsette
- Bryce Ford-Wheaton
- Montrell Washington
- Dee Williams
The Giants got it right with Malik Nabers last season.
Selected with the No. 6 pick, Nabers caught 109 passes for 1,204 yards and 7 touchdowns over 15 games as a rookie.
New York understood the assignment in featuring Nabers.
Nabers commanded a robust 37% of the team targets when he was on the field.
He was targeted on 30.9% of his routes, second in the NFL as a rookie.
He led the league with 32.9% of the team's targets on early downs.
Getting Nabers improved quarterback is the next step for this organization and the passing game.
Wan’Dale Robinson had a peculiar season in 2024.
He ramped up his volume, catching 93 of 140 targets after catching 83 of 119 targets over his first two seasons in the NFL.
Robinson led the NFL with 38.9% of the team's targets on third downs.
But he also only managed 699 receiving yards.
Since targets have been tracked, there has only been one other season in which a wide receiver had this many targets and had fewer yards than Robinson in 2024.
That was Chris Chambers in 2006, who posted 677 yards on 154 targets.
Robinson’s 7.5 yards per catch were the fewest by any wide receiver in league history to catch 90 or more passes in a season. That is over a full yard below the next closest season (8.8 yards).
Improved quarterback play can aid Robinson, but there is no reason for an NFL offense to repeat the target volume he received if he is being used anywhere close to a similar manner near the line of scrimmage.
His skill set is not something that gels with where Wilson or Winston have operated as passers.
Robinson also enters the final year of his rookie contract.
The Giants retained Darius Slayton on a three-year contract worth up to $36 million this offseason.
Catching 39 passes for 573 yards and 2 touchdowns, Slayton has gone over 500 yards in five of six NFL seasons.
Adding Nabers and extending Robinson’s role did hurt Slayton’s overall production.
His 2.4 receptions and 35.8 yards per game were the second-lowest rates of his career.
Slayton had only 9.9% of the team targets with both Nabers and Robinson on the field, but he showed his value when Nabers was forced to miss time.
Slayton had 27.7% of the team targets with Nabers off the field (107 routes).
When Nabers missed Weeks 5 and 6 with a concussion, Slayton had games of 8-122-1 (11 targets) and 6-57-0 (11 targets).
Slayton is not only a contingency plan but also a complementary downfield piece in the offense.
He has averaged 15.1 yards per catch for his career.
Only two wide receivers (Mike Williams and A.J. Brown) have higher yards per catch and as many receptions as Slayton since he entered the NFL.
Nabers, Robinson, and Slayton can be a viable trio of wideouts with competent quarterback play, but the depth here has produced next to zero in the NFL so far.
Jalin Hyatt only had 8 catches for 62 yards in his second season, going from 51% of the offensive snaps as a rookie down to 33% last season.
Paired with Robinson in the final season of his rookie contract, depth can be added to the position.
Tight End Depth Chart, Giants:
- Theo Johnson
- Daniel Bellinger
- Greg Dulcich
- Chris Manhertz
New York tight ends combined for a league-low 64 targets, catching 46 passes (31st) for 486 yards (29th) and 2 touchdowns (29th).
The Giants are throwing a host of young players at the position.
They selected Theo Johnson in the fourth round last season.
Johnson caught 29 of 43 targets for 331 yards (11.4 yards per catch) and a touchdown.
Both Daniel Bellinger and Greg Dulcich are signed for 2024.
Neither has been able to get back to their initial output as rookies.
Bellinger’s receptions and yardage have dropped in the past two seasons.
After playing 72% of the snaps as a rookie, he has played 62% and 32% in the past two seasons.
After catching 33 passes for 411 yards as a rookie in 2022, Dulcich has 8 catches for 53 yards over 11 games in the past two seasons.
Released by Denver during the season, Dulcich appeared in five games with the Giants but failed to catch a pass.
This is another area where improvement can be made, but the number of young players and the prospect of Johnson taking another step mean it is not a pressing need.
With Bellinger and Dulcich in the final seasons of their contracts, the Giants can make an addition on Day 3 to address the position.
Offensive Line Depth Chart, Giants:
LT: Andrew Thomas, James Hudson, Joshua Ezeudu
LG: Jon Runyan, Aaron Stinnie
C: John Michael Schmitz, Austin Schlottmann, Jimmy Morrissey
RG: Greg Van Roten, Bryan Hudson
RT: Jermaine Eluemunor, Stone Forsythe, Evan Neal
The Giants received another season of subpar play up front.
The team ended the season ranking 26th in ESPN’s pass block win rate (56%) and 27th in run block win rate (69%).
At Pro Football Focus, they ranked 28th in pass blocking grade and 23rd in run blocking grade.
New York threw a lot at the position in free agency last offseason to revamp this line.
The team added Jon Runyan, Jermaine Eluemunor, and Greg Van Roten as starters but received mixed returns.
Van Roten finished 43rd and Runyan 60th in overall grade among guards last season, per Pro Football Focus.
Van Roten played every snap, but he was credited with 7 sacks allowed (tied for the fourth-most among guards).
He just turned 35 in February, returning to the team on a one-year deal.
Runyan has two seasons remaining on his contract.
Eluemunor was 55th among offensive tackles and is in the final season of his current contract.
The Giants have focused on adding band-aids at the position rather than making outright plus additions across their offensive line.
That is the case again this offseason.
The team added veterans James Hudson and Stone Forsythe as potential depth since the Giants struggled with Andrew Thomas missing another considerable portion of the season.
Thomas only appeared in six games due to a hamstring issue he suffered in the season opener and a foot injury that shut him down in October.
Thomas has now missed 18 games over the past two seasons.
Forsythe was 98th in pressure rate allowed (11.7%) among tackles last season while Hudson was 93rd (9.4%).
The Giants will attempt to get by (and a healthy version of Thomas can elevate the unit), but outside of Thomas, upgrades can be made at any of the other spots up front.
New York Giants Defense: Depth Chart, Analysis & Draft Needs
Raymond Summerlin breaks down the defensive depth chart by position for the New York Giants, identifying areas where the team could improve in the upcoming 2025 NFL Draft.
Defensive Line Depth Chart, Giants:
- Dexter Lawrence II
- Rakeem Nunez-Roches
- Roy Robertson-Harris
- Jeremiah Ledbetter
- D.J. Davidson
- Jordan Riley
- Elijah Chatman
- Cory Durden
- Elijah Garcia
- Casey Rogers
Game script played some role in the Giants giving up a lot of rushing yards last season, but they also were not great at stopping opposing running backs, finishing 23rd in yards per attempt allowed on RB runs.
There is an elite name at the top of this list in Dexter Lawrence, who led the team with 9 sacks despite playing in just 12 games.
He also plays well against the run and is one of the better defensive linemen in the league.
The Giants added some veteran depth with Roy Robertson–Harris and Jeremiah Ledbetter, and Rakeem Nunez–Roches is still around to eat up snaps if necessary.
Despite all of those names, though, there is not a ton that stands out behind Lawrence on the depth chart.
The Giants could certainly add here.
EDGE Depth Chart, Giants:
- Brian Burns
- Kayvon Thibodeaux
- Chauncey Golston
- Tomon Fox
- Victor Dimukeje
The Giants were just midpack in pressure rate (34.6%), but they finished eighth with 45 sacks.
New York has spent a lot of resources on this spot, and they likely feel good about the top of the depth chart.
Brian Burns led the team with a 14% pressure rate, nabbing 8.5 sacks, and Kayvon Thibodeaux logged 5.5 sacks in 12 games with an 11.4% pressure rate.
The Giants will likely pick up Thibodeaux’s fifth-year option, keeping him with the team through the 2026 season, but they will have a more interesting discussion on their hands regarding a long-term extension.
Of course, Thibodeaux could answer that question for them with a real breakout season.
Added in free agency, Chauncey Golston might belong in the defensive line group, but he played more outside for the Cowboys last year, and the depth here is a real question.
The Giants probably need to add a pass rusher, and depending on how they feel about Thibodeaux, they might look to spend some real draft capital on the position.
Linebacker Depth Chart, Giants:
- Bobby Okereke
- Micah McFadden
- Darius Muasau
- Dyontae Johnson
- Chris Board
- Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles
- Ty Summers
This is one of the stronger position groups for the Giants.
Micah McFadden and Bobby Okereke combined for 29 run stuffs last season, ranking seventh and 21st among qualified linebackers, respectively.
McFadden was not a standout in coverage, but Okereke ranked 13th among qualified linebackers in yards allowed per coverage snap.
Darius Muasau earned snaps as a sixth-round rookie last season, and the Giants likely hope he can take a step forward.
The future is the concern here with McFadden heading into the final year of his rookie deal, but this unit appears to be solid for this season.
Cornerback Depth Chart, Giants:
- Paulson Adebo
- Deonte Banks
- Dru Phillips
- Cor’Dale Flott
- Art Green
- Tre Hawkins III
- Dee Williams
- Nic Jones
The Giants once again struggled to stop the pass last season, allowing 7.7 yards per attempt (29th) and finishing with just 5 interceptions (31st).
They allowed a completion of 20 or more yards on 8.9% of the attempts against them (26th).
New York desperately needed to add some talent to this position, and they did that by signing Paulson Adebo in free agency.
Adebo was limited to just 7 games last season, but he was impactful in 2023, allowing just 6.7 yards per target and finishing third in the league in passes defended.
If Adebo plays up to that level, it will allow 2023 first-round pick Deonte Banks to slide into the No. 2 corner spot.
Banks has had a rough start to his career, but perhaps getting more talent around him will help.
A third-round pick last year, Dru Phillips showed well in the slot as a rookie and should continue in that role moving forward.
Headed into the final year of his rookie contract, Cor’Dale Flott might not be a starting-quality option, but he is experienced depth.
There are two questions in this group. Is Adebo as good as he was in 2023, and can Banks take a step forward?
If yes is the answer to both questions, then the Giants should be fine here, but it probably makes sense to get some insurance if possible.
Safety Depth Chart, Giants:
- Jevon Holland
- Tyler Nubin
- Dane Belton
- Raheem Layne
- Anthony Johnson Jr.
The Giants lost Jason Pinnock in free agency, but they made a big move to bring in former Dolphin Jevon Holland.
Though he is not coming off his best season, Holland could end up being something of a bargain given what other safeties got in free agency this season.
A second-round pick last year, Tyler Nubin had a solid rookie outing, specifically against the run.
He ranked 14th among qualified defensive backs with a tackle on 15% of his run defense snaps.
Dane Belton is a solid enough third option, especially given the talent at the top of this position.
If Holland bounces back and Nubin takes a step forward in his second season, this could be one of the better safety units in the league.
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