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New York Giants 2026 NFL Draft Class

Every Giants selection in the 2026 NFL Draft, the needs they entered the weekend with, and the trades that reshaped their board.

Compiled by the NFL Mock Draft Simulator research desk · Front office at the time: Joe Schoen (GM), John Harbaugh (HC)

The class

New York Giants made 7 selections in the 2026 draft, opening with Arvell Reese, a edge rusher out of Ohio State, at No. 5 overall.

The class skewed toward offensive tackle, where they used 2 picks. In total they drafted 6 different positions.

Going into the weekend our board had their priority needs listed as Defensive Tackle, Interior Offensive Line, Linebacker, Wide Receiver, Cornerback, Offensive Tackle. They addressed 5 of their 6 pre-draft needs directly: Defensive Tackle, Linebacker, Wide Receiver, Cornerback, Offensive Tackle. Left unaddressed: Interior Offensive Line.

Their best value relative to the consensus board was J.C. Davis at No. 192, 35 slots later than the industry board had him ranked (157).

Draft capital

Giants draft capital broke down as 2 Day 1 picks, 2 on Day 2 and 3 on Day 3. 4 were slots they did not own when the weekend began, acquired by trade. Holding 2 first-round picks is the rarest and most valuable position in the draft, and it gives a front office the option to be aggressive without mortgaging the rest of the class.

Pick by pick

Every Giants selection, with where it landed against our consensus board and against their own pre-draft needs list.

• Round 1, No. 5: Giants took Arvell Reese, within 3 slots of his board ranking of 2. Edge Rusher was not on their priority needs list, a best-player-available call.
• Round 1, No. 10: Giants took Francis Mauigoa, within 0 slots of his board ranking of 10.
• Round 2, No. 37: Giants took Colton Hood on Day 2, within 2 slots of his board ranking of 35.
• Round 3, No. 74: Giants took Malachi Fields on Day 2, within 2 slots of his board ranking of 72.
• Round 6, No. 186: Giants used the pick on Bobby Jamison-Travis, ranked 396, the sort of dart every team throws on Saturday afternoon. It was their single highest-priority need going in.
• Round 6, No. 192: Giants took J.C. Davis on Day 3, a board-rank 157 player whom the rest of the league passed on across 35 slots of board value.
• Round 6, No. 193: Giants spent a late-round flier on Jack Kelly, a board-rank 253 player. Linebacker was their No. 3 listed need.

Pre-draft needs

Our needs assessment for the Giants going into the 2026 draft, ordered by priority. This is the list the class above is measured against.

Draft-day trades

• With Cleveland Browns: sent No. 105 (R4), No. 145 (R5); received No. 74 (R3).

Related

• Round 1 results: every other pick made around the Giants' first selection.
• Position rankings for the groups they drafted: Edge Rusher, Offensive Tackle, Cornerback, Wide Receiver, Defensive Tackle, Linebacker.
• The 2026 consensus big board: where every one of these players ranked before the draft.
• Every trade from the 2026 draft: the full ledger, including the Giants' moves.
• Steals and reaches: which picks diverged most from the board, and what that gap means.
• The draft by the numbers: positional supply, school production and how draft capital was distributed.

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