List of New York Giants first-round draft picks

Lawrence Taylor is one of three Giants first-round draft picks to be voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The New York Giants are a National Football League (NFL) franchise founded in the 1925 season, the NFL's sixth. ^[1] Eleven years later, the league introduced the NFL Draft after team owners voted on it in 1935. The intention of the draft was to make the NFL more competitive, as a few stronger teams, including the Giants, had an advantage in signing young players because they were able to offer higher salaries and an opportunity to compete for championships. ^[2] Since that first draft, the Giants have selected 84 players in the first round. The team's first-round pick in the inaugural NFL Draft was Art Lewis, a tackle from Ohio University; he was the 9th overall selection. In the most recent draft, held in 2024, the Giants chose LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers.

Officially known as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", but more often called the NFL Draft, ^[3] the event is the NFL's primary mechanism for distributing newly professional players finished with their college football careers to its teams. The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings; the teams with the worst win–loss records receive the earliest picks. ^[4] Teams that qualified for the NFL playoffs select after non-qualifiers, and their order depends on how far they advanced. The final two selections in the first round are reserved for the Super Bowl runner-up and champion. ^[5] Draft picks are tradable, and players or other picks can be acquired with them. ^{[4] [5]}

Of the 84 players drafted by the Giants in the first round, 27 played at one of the running back positions. Of these, 10 were halfbacks and six were fullbacks, and the remaining 11 are credited as backs, blocking backs, or running backs. Among other frequently drafted positions, the Giants have chosen 10 offensive tackles, eight defensive backs, seven defensive ends, seven wide receivers, five defensive tackles, and five quarterbacks. Five of the Giants' first-round picks attended the University of Notre Dame, more than any other college. Four picks came from Miami, while nine universities have had three players selected. ^[6] The Giants have held the first overall pick twice, in 1951 and 1965, selecting Kyle Rote and Tucker Frederickson. Three of the team's first-round picks—George Connor, Frank Gifford, and Lawrence Taylor—have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The Giants did not draft a player in the first round on 11 occasions. Two of those picks, for the 1967 and 1968 drafts, were traded to the Minnesota Vikings in 1967 as part of a deal for quarterback Fran Tarkenton. ^[7] During the 1974 season, the Giants dealt their 1975 first-round choice to the Dallas Cowboys for another quarterback, Craig Morton. ^[8] In another case when the Giants used first-round draft picks to trade for a quarterback, the team acquired 2004 first overall pick Eli Manning from the San Diego Chargers, in a deal that included their 2004 and 2005 first-round picks; the Giants had already selected Philip Rivers with the 2004 pick, the fourth in that year's draft. ^[9] The Giants used multiple first-round selections in 1951, 1972, 1984, 2019, and 2022; in the second instance; they gained a selection by trading Tarkenton back to the Vikings. ^[10]

Key

Table key

B	Back	K	Kicker	NT	Nose tackle
C	Center	LB	Linebacker	FB	Fullback
DB	Defensive back	P	Punter	HB	Halfback
DE	Defensive end	QB	Quarterback	WR	Wide receiver
DT	Defensive tackle	RB	Running back	G	Guard
E	End	T	Offensive tackle	TE	Tight end
^	Indicates the player was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
—	The Giants did not draft a player in the first round that year.
Year	Each year links to an article about that particular NFL Draft.
Pick	Indicates the number of the pick within the first round
Position	Indicates the position of the player in the NFL
College	The player's college football team

Player selections

Phil Simms was the Giants' first-round pick in 1979.

Carl Banks was one of the Giants' first-round picks in 1984.

Rodney Hampton was the Giants' first-round pick in 1990.

Philip Rivers, who was traded by the Giants to the San Diego Chargers after they selected him fourth overall in 2004.

Jason Pierre-Paul was the Giants' first-round pick in 2010.

Odell Beckham Jr. was selected by the Giants with the 12th overall pick in 2014.

New York Giants first-round draft picks

Year	Pick	Player name	Position	College	Notes
1936	9	Art Lewis	Tackle	Ohio	[11]
1937	4	Ed Widseth	Tackle	Minnesota	[12]
1938	8	George Karamatic	Fullback	Gonzaga	[13]
1939	10	Walt Nielsen	Fullback	Arizona	[14]
1940	10	Grenny Lansdell	Halfback	USC	[15]
1941	6	George Franck	Halfback	Minnesota	[16]
1942	8	Merle Hapes	Fullback	Ole Miss	[17]
1943	6	Steve Filipowicz	Fullback	Fordham	[18]
1944	6	Billy Hillenbrand	Halfback	Indiana	[19]
1945	10	Elmer Barbour	Blocking back	Wake Forest	[20]
1946	5	George Connor ^	Tackle	Notre Dame	[21]
1947	10	Vic Schwall	Halfback	Northwestern	[22]
1948	2	Skip Minisi	Halfback	Pennsylvania	[23]
1949	4	Paul Page	Halfback	SMU	[24]
1950	7	Travis Tidwell	Quarterback	Auburn	[25]
1951	1	Kyle Rote	End	SMU	[26] [a]
1951	13	Jim Spavital	Fullback	Oklahoma State	[27] [b]
1952	11	Frank Gifford ^	Halfback	USC	[28]
1953	8	Bobby Marlow	Back	Alabama	[29]
1954	—	—	—	—	[30] [c]
1955	8	Joe Heap	Halfback	Notre Dame	[31]
1956	—	—	—	—	[32] [d]
1957	—	—	—	—	[33] [e]
1958	12	Phil King	Halfback	Vanderbilt	[34]
1959	10	Lee Grosscup	Quarterback	Utah	[35]
1960	12	Lou Cordileone	Defensive tackle	Clemson	[36]
1961	—	—	—	—	[37] [f]
1962	13	Jerry Hillebrand	Linebacker	Colorado	[38] [g]
1963	—	—	—	—	[39] [h]
1964	12	Joe Don Looney	Halfback	Oklahoma	[40]
1965	1	Tucker Frederickson	Running back	Auburn	[41]
1966	10	Francis Peay	Tackle	Missouri	[42]
1967	—	—	—	—	[43] [i]
1968	—	—	—	—	[44] [i]
1969	13	Fred Dryer	Defensive end	San Diego State	[45]
1970	13	Jim Files	Linebacker	Oklahoma	[46]
1971	18	Rocky Thompson	Running back	West Texas A&M	[47]
1972	17	Eldridge Small	Defensive back	Texas A&M–Kingsville	[48]
1972	24	Larry Jacobson	Defensive tackle	Nebraska	[48] [j]
1973	—	—	—	—	[49] [k]
1974	3	John Hicks	Guard	Ohio State	[50]
1975	—	—	—	—	[51] [l]
1976	13	Troy Archer	Defensive tackle	Colorado	[52]
1977	5	Gary Jeter	Defensive end	USC	[53]
1978	10	Gordon King	Tackle	Stanford	[54]
1979	7	Phil Simms	Quarterback	Morehead State	[55]
1980	8	Mark Haynes	Defensive back	Colorado	[56]
1981	2	Lawrence Taylor ^	Linebacker	North Carolina	[57]
1982	18	Butch Woolfolk	Running back	Michigan	[58]
1983	10	Terry Kinard	Defensive back	Clemson	[59]
1984	3	Carl Banks	Linebacker	Michigan State	[60]
1984	27	William Roberts	Guard	Ohio State	[61] [m]
1985	19	George Adams	Running back	Kentucky	[62]
1986	19	Eric Dorsey	Defensive end	Notre Dame	[63]
1987	28	Mark Ingram	Wide receiver	Michigan State	[64]
1988	10	Eric Moore	Guard	Indiana	[65]
1989	18	Brian Williams	Center	Minnesota	[66]
1990	24	Rodney Hampton	Running back	Georgia	[66]
1991	27	Jarrod Bunch	Fullback	Michigan	[67]
1992	14	Derek Brown	Tight end	Notre Dame	[68]
1993	—	—	—	—	[69] [n]
1994	24	Thomas Lewis	Wide receiver	Indiana	[70]
1995	17	Tyrone Wheatley	Running back	Michigan	[71]
1996	5	Cedric Jones	Defensive end	Oklahoma	[72]
1997	7	Ike Hilliard	Wide receiver	Florida	[73]
1998	24	Shaun Williams	Defensive back	UCLA	[74]
1999	19	Luke Petitgout	Tackle	Notre Dame	[75]
2000	11	Ron Dayne	Running back	Wisconsin	[76]
2001	22	Will Allen	Defensive back	Syracuse	[77] [o]
2002	14	Jeremy Shockey	Tight end	Miami (Florida)	[78] [p]
2003	25	William Joseph	Defensive tackle	Miami (Florida)	[79]
2004	4	Philip Rivers	Quarterback	NC State	[80] [q]
2005	—	—	—	—	[81] [q]
2006	32	Mathias Kiwanuka	Defensive end	Boston College	[82] [r]
2007	20	Aaron Ross	Defensive back	Texas	[83]
2008	31	Kenny Phillips	Defensive back	Miami (Florida)	[84]
2009	29	Hakeem Nicks	Wide receiver	North Carolina	[85]
2010	15	Jason Pierre-Paul	Defensive end	South Florida	[86]
2011	19	Prince Amukamara	Defensive back	Nebraska	[87]
2012	32	David Wilson	Running back	Virginia Tech	[88]
2013	19	Justin Pugh	Tackle	Syracuse	[89]
2014	12	Odell Beckham Jr.	Wide receiver	LSU	[90]
2015	9	Ereck Flowers	Tackle	Miami (Florida)	[91]
2016	10	Eli Apple	Cornerback	Ohio State	[92]
2017	23	Evan Engram	Tight end	Mississippi	[93]
2018	2	Saquon Barkley	Running back	Penn State	[94]
2019	6	Daniel Jones	Quarterback	Duke	[95]
2019	17	Dexter Lawrence	Defensive tackle	Clemson	[96] [s]
2019	30	Deandre Baker	Cornerback	Georgia	[97] [t]
2020	4	Andrew Thomas	Tackle	Georgia	[98]
2021	20	Kadarius Toney	Wide receiver	Florida	[99] [u]
2022	5	Kayvon Thibodeaux	Defensive end	Oregon	[100]
2022	7	Evan Neal	Tackle	Alabama	[101] [w]
2023	24	Deonte Banks	Cornerback	Maryland	[102] [x]
2024	6	Malik Nabers	Wide receiver	LSU	[103]

Notes

• ^a From 1947 to 1958, the NFL held an annual lottery that decided which team would select first overall in the draft with a "bonus pick". The Giants won the bonus lottery in 1951, giving them the first choice in that year's draft. ^[104]
• ^b The 1951 draft was the second in which Spavital was selected. The Chicago Cardinals had chosen him in the first round of the 1948 draft. ^[105] Spavital was one of 28 Baltimore Colts players who became eligible for the 1951 draft when that franchise became defunct. ^[106]
• ^c The Giants traded their 1954 first-round draft pick to the Green Bay Packers. ^[107]
• ^d The Giants traded their 1956 first-round draft pick to the Los Angeles Rams. ^[107]
• ^e In 1956, the Giants traded their 1957 first-round draft pick to the Rams in exchange for defensive end Andy Robustelli. ^[108]
• ^f In 1959, the Giants traded their 1961 first-round draft pick to the Baltimore Colts in exchange for quarterback George Shaw. ^{[109] [110] [111]} The Colts later traded the selection to the San Francisco 49ers for end Dee Mackey. ^[112]
• ^g In 1961, the Giants acquired a second 1962 first-round draft pick from the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for George Shaw, then traded the selection to the Rams for wide receiver Del Shofner. ^{[113] [114]}
• ^h In 1962, the Giants traded their 1963 first-round draft pick to the St. Louis Cardinals, along with Bill Triplett, in exchange for quarterback Ralph Guglielmi. ^{[39] [115]}
• ^{i1 i2} The Giants were awarded the first overall pick in 1967 or 1968 as compensation for the New York Jets joining the NFL as part of the league's merger with the American Football League. The choice was conditional upon the Giants selecting a quarterback; the team was allowed to trade the pick, if they received a starting quarterback in return. ^{[116] [117]} In 1967, the Giants traded their 1967 and 1968 first-round draft picks, their 1967 second-round pick, and a player to be named later to the Vikings in exchange for quarterback Fran Tarkenton. ^[7] The New Orleans Saints were ultimately given the first overall pick in 1967 (before trading it to the Colts), dropping the Giants' former selection to second. ^[43]
• ^j In 1971, the Giants traded their original 1972 first-round draft pick to the Chicago Bears in exchange for center Bob Hyland and cornerback Bennie McRae. ^[118] This pick was acquired from the Vikings, along with running back Vince Clements, center Bob Grim, quarterback Norm Snead, and a second-round pick in the 1973 draft, in exchange for Tarkenton. ^[10]
• ^k In 1972, the Giants traded their 1973 first- and second-round draft picks to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for defensive end Jack Gregory and defensive back Freddie Summers. ^[119]
• ^l In 1974, the Giants traded their 1975 first-round draft pick to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for quarterback Craig Morton. ^[8]
• ^m This pick was acquired from the Washington Redskins in exchange for second- and fifth-round draft picks. ^[120]
• ⁿ The Giants selected quarterback Dave Brown in the first round of the 1992 supplemental draft, and as a result forfeited their 1993 first-round draft pick. ^[121]
• ^o During the 2001 draft, the Giants acquired this pick from the Indianapolis Colts in exchange for their original first-round selection (30th in the draft) and picks in rounds three and six. ^[122]
• ^p During the 2002 draft, the Giants acquired this pick from the Tennessee Titans in exchange for their original first-round selection (15th in the draft) and a fourth-round pick. ^[123]
• ^{q1 q2} After drafting Rivers, the Giants traded him to the San Diego Chargers, along with their 2004 third-round pick and 2005 first- and fifth-round choice, in exchange for quarterback Eli Manning, the first overall pick. ^[124]
• ^r During the 2006 draft, the Giants acquired this pick from the Pittsburgh Steelers, along with third- and fourth-round selections, in exchange for their original first-round choice (25th in the draft). ^[125]
• ^s This pick was acquired from the Browns, along with safety Jabrill Peppers and a third-round draft pick, in exchange for wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. ^[126]
• ^t During the 2019 draft, the Giants acquired this pick from the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for three draft picks. ^[127]
• ^u During the 2021 draft, the Giants acquired this pick from the Bears, along with a fifth-round selection and 2022 first- and fourth-round picks, in exchange for their original first-round choice (11th in the draft). ^[128]
• ^w This pick was acquired from the Bears in the teams' 2021 trade. ^[129]
• ^x During the 2023 draft, the Giants acquired this pick from the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for their original first-round selection (25th in the draft) and fifth- and seventh-round picks. ^[130]

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