The New York Giants have been heavily focused on meeting with offensive line prospects ahead of the 2020 NFL Draft, but they’ve also done their fare share of due diligence on the linebacker class.
That continued this past week when the team held a teleconference with Colorado linebacker Davion Taylor, as first reported by Kristian Dyer of Sports Illustrated.
So far, Taylor has had video meetings with the Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts according to a source.
He has had phone interviews as well, according to a source, with the Seattle Seahawks, Washington, New York Giants, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles and Tennessee Titans among others.
The 6-foot, 228-pound Taylor is an intriguing prospect with some true upside, but he’s still relatively raw and should be viewed as a developmental talent entering the NFL.
Here is what Lance Zierlein of NFL Network had to say about Taylor:
Traits-based linebacker project with rare speed and explosiveness who may need an extended developmental runway to counter his lack of experience and awareness. Religious beliefs prevented him from playing high school ball (other than a single game) and he is still in the early stages of learning and applying proper technique and fundamentals in all phases of the game. While his inexperience shows up plenty on tape, he has flashes that show off what he could be capable of in the future. Scouts say he’s very coachable and that he’s one of Mel Tucker’s (current CU head coach and former NFL coach) favorites. At best, he develops into a playmaking starter after two or three years. At worst, he should be a plus special teams talent fairly quickly.
Taylor has projected to go anywhere from Round 2 to Round 4.
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