Mock draft season usually tappers off shortly after the event is held each April. Generally, you’ll see a quick rush of early mocks for the following year before draft chatter falls silent.
No more.
This year, mock draft season has kept on rolling and continues as NFL training camps loom. It’s a rather odd practice given that the college season hasn’t even started but what sells, sells.
For the New York Giants, most early 2023 mocks had them going with Kentucky quarterback Will Levis. However, that rapidly changed and suddenly quarterbacks began to fall of the radar. Instead, most mocks (fan and analyst) have the Giants taking a cornerback and more specifically, Kelee Ringo of Georgia.
In fact, Pro Football Network notes that Ringo has become the most popular mock to the Giants (more than 11% of all projections) on their draft simulator.
New York Giants: Kelee Ringo, CB, Georgia (11.8%)
Looking at the New York Giants’ top-drafted player with the projected seventh overall pick, Georgia CB Kelee Ringo appears to be the fan favorite. With great range and terrific size, Ringo may usher in a new era of long cornerbacks with freakish speed to boot. He has great ball skills and could be a starter on a number of NFL defenses, especially the CB-needy Giants’ unit.
The Giants enter 2022 very thin at cornerback (at least on paper) and that is an area they’ll likely aim to improve a year from now. Still, if Daniel Jones does not step up his game, there’s no way New York can pass on a quarterback next April.
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