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Giants’ Tre Hawkins bringing ‘eat or starve’ mentality to NFL

From JUCO to Old Dominion, Tre Hawkins has leaned on an “eat or starve” mentality and he plans to continue that with the New York Giants.

Tre Hawkins wasn’t certain he’d be selected in the 2023 NFL draft so his watch party was limited to just family. However, in Round 6, his dream came true when the New York Giants came calling.

Finally, Hawkins had made it to the NFL.

“It’s kind of like when you get drafted you never really know, so I didn’t have any expectation. I’m blessed to be drafted,” Hawkins told reporters on Friday. “I had the family, but I didn’t have too many people just in case I didn’t get drafted, but I had my immediate family around.”

Although he wasn’t certain about where he’d be drafted — or if he’d be drafted at all — Hawkins certainly doesn’t lack confidence. And while he’s not guaranteed a starting role, the 22-year-old isn’t interested in being considered an afterthought. He’s not content with just being here.

Hawkins expects to cut his teeth on special teams but believes his versatility and physicality, especially his willingness to tackle, will lead to bigger and better things.

“I’m physical. I’m versatile. I can play anywhere in the back end (using) my speed, length and strength,” he said. “I was kind of born with (the physicality), growing up with older cousins and you’re kind of getting picked on. You’ve got to be kind of the tough dog out of the little family. I kind of was born with it, kind of groomed into it.

“Every corner don’t want to tackle. I feel like that’s something I do pride myself in, being an overall football player, from covering to making tackles, basically the versatility about it.”

It’s that mentality that led Hawkins from JUCO to Old Dominion and now to the Giants. And it’s also that mentality he intends to lean on at the professional level.

“JUCO mentality is more so like eat or starve, so it’s kind of the same thing here. It’s kind of eat or starve,” he said.

Hawkins isn’t about to starve.

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Giants sign three to rookie contracts

The New York Giants have signed three members of their seven-player 2023 NFL draft class to their rookie contracts.

The New York Giants kicked off rookie minicamp on Friday and did so with a bang.

The team announced that three members of their 2023 NFL draft class — running back Eric Gray, cornerback Tre Hawkins III and safety Gervarrius Owens — had all signed their rookie contracts.

Gray was a fifth-round pick and projects as a valuable backup to Saquon Barkley and Matt Breida, while serving as competition to Gary Brightwell.

“Eric Gray is a guy we liked,” general manager Joe Schoen said after the draft. “Super productive. Really good hands out of the backfield. Also has some elusiveness to him inside. Like what he brings. He also has done some returns in his past; he did some at Tennessee, comfortable catching punts at Senior Bowl. So he’ll come in and compete with our group.”

The athletic but still raw Hawkins was taken in the sixth round of the draft.

“Tre Hawkins, we took him late in the sixth. From Old Dominion corner, height, weight, and speed prospect that has high upside,” Schoen said. “He’s a physical kid, not afraid to tackle. You see a trend with some of these guys that we took at that position. Good developmental prospect for Wink’s defense and projects well to special teams due to his physical traits and toughness.”

And Owens, who one AFC executive believes has Day 1 starting potential, was selected in the seventh round.

“Gervarrius Owens, another guy we like, tall, long, athletic safety from University of Houston, was out at the East-West Game,” Schoen said. “Another physical kid. Projects well to special teams and also compete for a depth role.”

Cornerback Deonte Banks, center John Michael Schmitz, wide receiver Jalin Hyatt and defensive tackle Jordon Riley have not yet signed their rookie contracts.

Finally, the Giants also announced the official signings of nine undrafted rookie free agents:

  • QB Tommy DeVito
  • WR Bryce Ford-Wheaton
  • CB Gemon Green
  • S Alex Cook
  • LB Habakkuk Baldonado
  • Troy Brown
  • LS Cameron Lyons
  • TE Ryan Jones
  • LB Dyontae Johnson

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Giants host rookie minicamp: What to watch for

The New York Giants will host their 2023 rookie minicamp on Friday and Saturday, and here are a few things to keep an eye on.

The New York Giants will host their 2023 rookie camp this weekend at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

There’s a lot of anticipation after last week’s NFL draft. Here are a few things to watch for this weekend.

Final results of Chiefs’ trade for WR Kadarius Toney

With the 2023 NFL draft in the books, we now know the players selected with the picks the #Chiefs traded to acquire WR Kadarius Toney from the #Giants.

The Kansas City Chiefs’ move to acquire WR Kadarius Toney at the trade deadline last year helped the team to their second Super Bowl title in the past four seasons.

With the 2023 NFL draft now in the books, the results of that trade are officially in. The Chiefs traded picks No. 100 and No. 209 to the Giants in return for Toney. New York would later trade pick No. 100 to the Las Vegas Raiders for TE Darren Waller.

So who did Las Vegas use pick No. 100 on? The Raiders selected Cincinnati WR Tre Tucker. He’s a 5-foot-9 and 187-pound slot receiver and return specialist. He’s coming off a career season with 52 receptions for over 600 yards and three scores. The move seemed a tad redundant for them when they already have Hunter Renfrow working in the slot.

As for the Giants, they got a shiny new tight end for Daniel Jones with the trade for Waller. They also hung onto the sixth-round pick that Kansas City sent their way, selecting Old Dominion CB Tre Hawkins III at pick No. 209. He’s a 6-foot-2 and 189-pound outside cornerback who is a former track athlete, who projects as a developmental prospect.

Even without knowing how things will turn out for these two draft prospects or Waller in New York, I think it’s safe to say that Kansas City is more than happy with the results of this trade. Not only did they land a key weapon on offense who contributed to their latest Super Bowl title, but they gave the Giants the ammunition to acquire Waller from the Raiders. They ultimately weakened an AFC West opponent by proxy as a bonus to the whole thing.

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2023 NFL draft: Giants announce rookie jersey numbers

The New York Giants have announced the jersey numbers for all rookies from their 2023 NFL draft class (which are subject to change).

The New York Giants will hold their rookie minicamp on Friday and Saturday, which means jersey numbers are in the process of being handed out.

The team’s seven-player draft class was the first up and had their new numbers revealed on Thursday.

Note: All jersey numbers are subject to change and may not be finalized. Please keep that in mind before rushing out to buy jerseys.

Pre-draft scouting reports: What was said about Giants CB Trey Hawkins?

A look back at what was said about New York Giants CB Tre Hawkins III before he was selected No. 209 overall in the 2023 NFL draft.

The New York Giants selected Od Dominion defensive back Tre Hawkins III with the 209th overall pick in the sixth round of the 2023 NFL draft.

Not much about Hawkins was known to the common fan before the draft other than he had met with the Giants.

Here’s what some experts said about Hawkins before the draft.

Follow each member of Giants’ 2023 draft class on Twitter

Each member of the New York Giants’ 2023 NFL draft class has a Twitter account. Here’s how to follow the team’s new arrivals on Twitter.

The New York Giants and general manager Joe Schoen called the names of seven players during the 2023 NFL draft in Kansas City over the weekend beginning with Maryland cornerback Deonte Banks.

Things wrapped up on Sunday with their final selection of Houston safety Gervarrius Owens.

All seven members of the Giants’ 2023 draft class have Twitter (some more active than others) and this is how you can follow them:

See it: Giants’ full 2023 NFL draft class

The 2023 NFL draft has come and gone for the New York Giants, so here’s a quick look at their seven-player draft class.

The 2023 NFL draft has officially come and gone and after multiple trades, the New York Giants ended up with seven total picks.

With those picks, the Giants came away with multiple Day 1 starters, a few role players, and several depth guys. Overall, general manager Joe Schoen addressed most of the team’s remaining needs and significantly improved their roster overall.

Here’s a quick look at the Giants’ entire 2023 draft class:

Giants select Tre Hawkins III: 3 things to know

The New York Giants selected Tre Hawkins III in Round 6 of the 2023 NFL draft, so here are 3 things to know about their newest cornerback.

The New York Giants selected Old Dominion defensive back Tre Hawkins III with the 209th pick in the sixth round the 2023 NFL draft on Saturday in Kansas City.

Here are three things to know about the newest member of the Giants.

Giants select Tre Hawkins III: Here’s how Twitter reacted

Here’s how Twitter reacted to the New York Giants selecting Old Dominion CB Tre Hawkins III in Round 6 of the 2023 NFL draft.

With the 209th pick in the 2023 NFL draft, the New York Giants select cornerback Tre Hawkins III out of Old Dominion.

This is the second cornerback the Giants have added in the draft and the second defensive player. Depth at corner is something you can never have enough of so adding to the group of corners makes sense for Big Blue at this spot.

Here’s how Twitter reacted: