As a lead-up to the 2024 NFL draft, we've broken down the current depth chart of every NFL team and identified the biggest draft and team needs for the New York Giants.
You can find additional team-by-team draft needs articles and other draft content on our 2024 NFL Draft Hub.
Who Did the New York Giants Select in the 2024 NFL Draft?
The New York Giants selected Malik Nabers (WR, LSU) with the No. 6 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.
The Giants also drafted:
- Tyler Nubin (S, Minnesota)
- Andru Phillips (CB, Kentucky)
- Theo Johnson (TE, Penn State)
- Tyrone Tracy Jr. (RB, Purdue)
- Darius Muasau (LB, UCLA)
Giants Draft Needs: Top Positions of Need in 2024
- Defensive Back
- Wide Receiver
- Defensive Line
What Picks Do the New York Giants Have in 2024?
The New York Giants have 6 picks in the 2024 NFL Draft, including:
- Round 1 (6)
- Round 2 (47)
- Round 3 (70)
- Round 4 (107)
- Round 5 (166)
- Round 6 (183)
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New York Giants Draft Capital Stats
Our Sharp Draft Value Rank is a valuation of draft capital based on a combination of average performance delivered and average dollars earned on second contracts.
This is based on two public models: performance delivered based on draft slot (the AV model created by Chase Stuart) and contractual earnings in non-rookie deals based upon draft slot (the OTC model created by Brad Spielberger and Jason Fitzgerald).
- Giants Sharp Draft Value Rank: 11 of 32 teams
- Giants AV Model Draft Value Rank: 8 of 32 teams
- Giants OTC Model Draft Value Rank: 16 of 32 teams
New York Giants Draft Value vs. Other Teams:
The Giants’ draft value is 3% higher than the league average of all 32 teams. 10 other teams have more draft value entering the 2024 NFL Draft.
New York Giants Draft Prediction:
Brendan Donahue has the Giants selecting Malik Nabers (WR, LSU) with the 6th overall pick in his most recent 2024 NFL Mock Draft.
Mock draft expert Ryan McCrystal believes the Giants could target a receiver like Malik Nabers (WR, LSU) with their top pick at No. 6 overall in the first round.
New York Giants Strength of Schedule, 2024
The New York Giants have the 13th-hardest NFL strength of schedule for the 2024 NFL season.
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 2024 NFL Draft.
Quarterback Depth Chart, Giants:
- Daniel Jones
- Drew Lock
- Tommy DeVito
After inking a four-year extension last offseason, the 2023 season was a lost one for Daniel Jones.
Jones only appeared in six games with the team going 1-5 in those games.
While on the field, Jones only averaged 5.7 yards per pass attempt (45th out of 48 quarterbacks to have 100 or more attempts) with two touchdowns.
After throwing just five interceptions on 472 passes in 2022, Jones threw six interceptions on his 160 passes last season.
Jones missed time early in the season due to a neck injury and then was officially shut down for the season after an ACL injury the first week of November.
That late-season injury could impact his availability to start the season.
Through five seasons, we still have more questions than answers surrounding Jones as a potential franchise quarterback.
Jones does carry a $69 million dead cap hit this season, but the team can realistically move on if they feel necessary after this year.
Jones has dead cap hits of $22.2 million (but saving $19.4 million in cap space) and $11.1 million (saving $47.5 million in cap space) in the two years of his deal after this season.
I believe the Giants want to see what Jones looks like paired with a potential lead wideout, but his injury history and current contract cloud the situation with them having one foot in and one foot out.
If one of the top quarterbacks does happen to slide in this draft, it should not be off the table for the Giants to entertain making a move.
That remains a lower percentage outcome, however.
If Jones is slowed down or is not ready to start the season due to his knee injury, the team added veteran Drew Lock on a one-year deal while Tommy DeVito remains signed for 2024.
DeVito made six starts as a rookie, going 3-3 in those games.
Running Back Depth Chart, Giants:
- Devin Singletary
- Gary Brightwell
- Deon Jackson
- Eric Gray
- Joshua Corbin
The Giants will have a new feel to them in 2024 after Saquon Barkley left the team via free agency.
Barkley was a workhorse back the past two seasons, accounting for 640 touches while the rest of the running backs on the roster totaled 224 touches.
In part of the efforts to replace Barkley, the team added Devin Singletary, who was with Brian Daboll in Buffalo when he was drafted.
Singletary has gone over 1,000 total yards in each of the past three seasons.
Last year with Houston, he handled a career-high 246 touches for 1,091 yards and four touchdowns.
As a runner, Singletary was 26th among all rushers with 100 or more rushes in EPA per rush (-0.07), and 30th in success rate (35.6%).
While his efficiency was still pedestrian, both of those rates were above Barkley's last season.
For as bad as Singletary’s offensive line was in Houston, this one in New York could be worse.
Singletary averaged 1.31 yards before contact per rush last season while Barkley averaged 0.98 yards. After contact, Barkley averaged 2.91 yards while Singletary averaged 2.85 yards.
Singletary was never used as an outright workhorse under Daboll in Buffalo.
He did not break the bank coming to New York, carrying cap hits of $3.8 million and $6.2 million over the next two seasons.
There is nothing on the current depth chart that looks like a current threat to Singletary leading this backfield in 2024, but the team should still be actively looking to add talent and competition here.
Wide Receiver Depth Chart, Giants:
- Darius Slayton
- Wan’Dale Robinson
- Jalin Hyatt
- Isaiah Hodgins
- Isaiah McKenzie
- Miles Boykin
- Lawrence Cager
- Gunner Olszewski
- Bryce Ford-Wheaton
- Chase Cota
- Dennis Houston
This wide receiver unit was once again at the bottom of the league in terms of output in 2023.
New York wideouts combined for 184 receptions (22nd) for 2,059 yards (28th) and nine touchdowns (tied for 27th).
Their collective 11.2 yards per catch ranked 29th.
Darius Slayton led the team in receiving yards (770) for the second straight season. He has led the team in receiving yards now in four of his five NFL seasons despite never reaching 800 yards in any of those seasons.
Slayton has never been a huge target earner but is an effective downfield threat.
Since entering the league in 2019, Slayton’s 15.1 yards per catch rank ninth among all wide receivers in the league.
He has averaged 37.0 yards per reception on throws 20 yards or more downfield. The only wide receivers that have averaged more yards per catch on those throws with as many receptions are A.J. Brown (40.8), Mike Williams (38.7), and Stefon Diggs (37.8).
Slayton is only under contract for this upcoming season.
The only wideouts on the roster signed beyond this season are Wan’Dale Robinson, Jalin Hyatt, and Bryce Ford-Wheaton.
Robinson has averaged 3.8 and 4.0 receptions per game over his first two seasons in the NFL but has only averaged 9.9 and 8.8 yards per catch with two total touchdowns.
He has only averaged 5.5 air yards per target over his two seasons in the league. The only wide receivers with a lower depth of target to run as many routes as Robinson over the past two seasons are Deebo Samuel and Rondale Moore.
Robinson still has two more years on his rookie contract but is more of a contributor to an offense versus someone to funnel a passing game through.
Jalin Hyatt was used as the complete inverse of Robinson during his rookie season.
Hyatt averaged 21.0 air yards per target in 2023, the most of any wide receiver in the NFL, let alone rookies.
45.0% of his targets were thrown 20 or more yards downfield, the highest rate among wide receivers in the league.
Being paired with anemic quarterback play did Hyatt zero favors with his reliance on deep targets alone.
Hyatt only averaged 0.96 yards per route run, which was 17th among all rookie wide receivers last season.
Because he was only used as a one-trick pony, Hyatt was only targeted on 10.3% of his routes, which ranked 25th out of 27 rookie wideouts to run 100 or more routes last season.
There is room for both Robinson and Hyatt to expand their diversity in usage moving forward, but as both stand right now, they each have a niche that would be elevated surrounding a true alpha receiver.
The Giants should be in a prime position to do that at No. 6 overall in this draft.
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