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Reese and Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love, who went No. 3 to the Cardinals, were the top non-quarterbacks on the Giants’ draft board. Mauigoa was in the next tier along with Tate, Arizona State wide receiver Jordyn Tyson, Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles and Ohio State safety Caleb Downs, according to league sources.
LSU cornerback Monsoor Delane, Styles, Tyson and Utah offensive lineman Spencer Fano went in the four picks between the Giants’ two top-10 picks. If the draft played out in the same way in this alternate universe, the 10th pick would have been Tate or Downs.
"The talent and the coaching match up" 🤝@BuckyBrooks thinks the @Giants draft class can help them make a run to the postseason pic.twitter.com/AiuuCocDWA
John Harbaugh wants the New York Giants’ roster to reflect the player profile he believes can win in the NFL, especially in the NFC East.
And that goes for every position. The Giants already had that at quarterback and running back, and their pass rushing group brings that attitude, too.
Bobby Jamison-Travis, DT, New York Giants (No. 186). After not landing Ohio State defensive tackle Kayden McDonald in Round 2, the Giants had to pivot in terms of finding some sort of replacement for Dexter Lawrence II. Jamison-Travis provides the team some of what it needed, which is size, core strength and brute force at the point of attack. Jamison-Travis is limited as a pass rusher, but he does the dirty work in the run game.
NFL great Thomas Davis compared Reese to Pro Football Hall of Famer Luke Kuechly. “To me, he has the ability to be one of the elite of the elites in this game,” Davis said. “I played alongside Luke Kuechly for a long time. He has those kinds of qualities.”
3. The Giants’ first-round luck Arvell Reese falling to the Giants at No. 5 was very fortunate for new coach John Harbaugh. If I were a Giants fan, I’d be over the moon about that development. Reese is a special talent who could be a Pro Bowler as an off-ball linebacker or an edge rusher. He goes to a team that should terrorize opposing QBs on third downs with Brian Burns, last year’s first-rounder Abdul Carter, and Kayvon Thibodeaux, a 2022 first-rounder. That is a lot of juice.
Reese is still very raw as a rusher, but he’s such an explosive and violent player, and should be a great chess piece for this defense. I also liked the G-men snagging BYU’s speedy linebacker Jack Kelly with the 193rd pick.
“If they move him at guard, he’ll be an All-Pro his first year!”Former #NYGiants star Jeremy Shockey is very high on Big Blue’s No. 10 pick Francis Mauigoa, a fellow Miami alumFull video: https://t.co/BJ0el6cDCj pic.twitter.com/601cotOeGJ
— New York Post Sports (@nypostsports) April 28, 2026
Francis Mauigoa does not lack confidence. That much is obvious, considering his recent comments to Packers star edge rusher Micah Parsons. When Mauigoa was asked how he would fare against Parsons, he didn’t hesitate.