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. 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. Since that first draft, the Giants have selected 82 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 2022, the Giants chose Oregon defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux and Alabama offensive tackle Evan Neal.

Officially known as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", but more often called the NFL Draft, 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. 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. Draft picks are tradable, and players or other picks can be acquired with them.

Of the 82 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, six 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. 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. During the 1974 season, the Giants dealt their 1975 first-round choice to the Dallas Cowboys for another quarterback, Craig Morton. 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. 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.

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
1937 4 Ed Widseth Tackle Minnesota
1938 8 George Karamatic Fullback Gonzaga
1939 10 Walt Nielsen Fullback Arizona
1940 10 Grenny Lansdell Halfback USC
1941 6 George Franck Halfback Minnesota
1942 8 Merle Hapes Fullback Ole Miss
1943 6 Steve Filipowicz Fullback Fordham
1944 6 Billy Hillenbrand Halfback Indiana
1945 10 Elmer Barbour Blocking back Wake Forest
1946 5 George Connor ^ Tackle Notre Dame
1947 10 Vic Schwall Halfback Northwestern
1948 2 Skip Minisi Halfback Pennsylvania
1949 4 Paul Page Halfback SMU
1950 7 Travis Tidwell Quarterback Auburn
1951 1 Kyle Rote End SMU
1951 13 Jim Spavital Fullback Oklahoma State
1952 11 Frank Gifford ^ Halfback USC
1953 8 Bobby Marlow Back Alabama
1954
1955 8 Joe Heap Halfback Notre Dame
1956
1957
1958 12 Phil King Halfback Vanderbilt
1959 10 Lee Grosscup Quarterback Utah
1960 12 Lou Cordileone Defensive tackle Clemson
1961
1962 13 Jerry Hillebrand Linebacker Colorado
1963
1964 12 Joe Don Looney Halfback Oklahoma
1965 1 Tucker Frederickson Running back Auburn
1966 10 Francis Peay Tackle Missouri
1967
1968
1969 13 Fred Dryer Defensive end San Diego State
1970 13 Jim Files Linebacker Oklahoma
1971 18 Rocky Thompson Running back West Texas A&M
1972 17 Eldridge Small Defensive back Texas A&M–Kingsville
1972 24 Larry Jacobson Defensive tackle Nebraska
1973
1974 3 John Hicks Guard Ohio State
1975
1976 13 Troy Archer Defensive tackle Colorado
1977 5 Gary Jeter Defensive end USC
1978 10 Gordon King Tackle Stanford
1979 7 Phil Simms Quarterback Morehead State
1980 8 Mark Haynes Defensive back Colorado
1981 2 Lawrence Taylor ^ Linebacker North Carolina
1982 18 Butch Woolfolk Running back Michigan
1983 10 Terry Kinard Defensive back Clemson
1984 3 Carl Banks Linebacker Michigan State
1984 27 William Roberts Guard Ohio State
1985 19 George Adams Running back Kentucky
1986 19 Eric Dorsey Defensive end Notre Dame
1987 28 Mark Ingram Wide receiver Michigan State
1988 10 Eric Moore Guard Indiana
1989 18 Brian Williams Center Minnesota
1990 24 Rodney Hampton Running back Georgia
1991 27 Jarrod Bunch Fullback Michigan
1992 14 Derek Brown Tight end Notre Dame
1993
1994 24 Thomas Lewis Wide receiver Indiana
1995 17 Tyrone Wheatley Running back Michigan
1996 5 Cedric Jones Defensive end Oklahoma
1997 7 Ike Hilliard Wide receiver Florida
1998 24 Shaun Williams Defensive back UCLA
1999 19 Luke Petitgout Tackle Notre Dame
2000 11 Ron Dayne Running back Wisconsin
2001 22 Will Allen Defensive back Syracuse
2002 14 Jeremy Shockey Tight end Miami (Florida)
2003 25 William Joseph Defensive tackle Miami (Florida)
2004 4 Philip Rivers Quarterback NC State
2005
2006 32 Mathias Kiwanuka Defensive end Boston College
2007 20 Aaron Ross Defensive back Texas
2008 31 Kenny Phillips Defensive back Miami (Florida)
2009 29 Hakeem Nicks Wide receiver North Carolina
2010 15 Jason Pierre-Paul Defensive end South Florida
2011 19 Prince Amukamara Defensive back Nebraska
2012 32 David Wilson Running back Virginia Tech
2013 19 Justin Pugh Tackle Syracuse
2014 12 Odell Beckham Jr. Wide receiver LSU
2015 9 Ereck Flowers Tackle Miami (Florida)
2016 10 Eli Apple Cornerback Ohio State
2017 23 Evan Engram Tight end Mississippi
2018 2 Saquon Barkley Running back Penn State
2019 6 Daniel Jones Quarterback Duke
2019 17 Dexter Lawrence Defensive tackle Clemson
2019 30 Deandre Baker Cornerback Georgia
2020 4 Andrew Thomas Tackle Georgia
2021 20 Kadarius Toney Wide receiver Florida
2022 5 Kayvon Thibodeaux Defensive end Oregon
2022 7 Evan Neal Tackle Alabama

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