The 2023 NFL draft is over. Now it’s time to turn our attention to the 2024 NFL draft.
We kid you not. The folks at Draft Wire have released their way-too-early first-round mock of next year’s festivities.
Here’s who draft analyst Curt Popejoy has the New York Giants taking with the 25th overall selection in Round 1: Ja’Tavion Sanders, tight end, Texas
Sanders is 6-foot-4 and 241 pounds and is entering his junior year at Texas. Some highlight from his sophomore campaign:
A first-team All-Big 12 selection by both the Big 12 Conference head coaches and the Associated Press … named a semifinalist for the John Mackey Award … played in and started all 13 games … caught 54 passes for 613 yards and five touchdowns … the 54 receptions on the season were the most for a tight end in program history and his 613 receiving yards tied for second-most in a season by a tight end in program history.
Sounds like a top player, but the Giants are fairly well-stocked at tight end with Darren Waller and Daniel Bellinger, so it’s difficult to see them piling on at a position they have covered.
The good part of this mock draft is that they have the Giants selecting 25th, which means they’ll be a playoff team again this year.
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