Top 40 NFL Draft 2016 Prospects Who Might Be Giants
By Neal Lynch
Shilique Calhoun
DE, Michigan State Spartans
Date of birth: March 20, 1992 (age 23)
Height: 6 feet 4 inches
Weight: 249 pounds
- First Team All-Big Ten (2013, 2014, 2015)
- Three-time Second-Team All-American (AP, CBS SPORTS, FWAA, WALTER CAMP)
- Hendricks Award finalist (Defensive End of the Year)
- Lombardi Award Semifinalist (Lineman of the year)
- Bednarik Award Semifinalist (Defensive Player of the Year)
- Lott Impact Trophy Semifinalist
- 2013 Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year
The FanSided staff has the G-Men selecting Shilique with the 10th pick overall:
"“Shilique Calhoun is your classic upside draft pick. He’s increased his sack total every year at Michigan State while playing in Mark Dantonio’s stout defense. He has a nose for the ball and is quick enough to bust up the run game from the end. Calhoun has all the makings of a plug-and-play – immediate impact pick.”"
Drafttek.com also had Calhoun going to the G-Men in the first round.
A’Shawn Robinson
DT, Alabama Crimson Tide
Date of birth: March 21, 1995 (age 20)
Height: 6 feet 4 inches
Weight: 312 pounds
- College All-American (2015)
- 2× SEC Champion (2014, 2015)
- Consensus Freshman All-American
- Named consensus First-Team All-American in 2015 (Sporting News, Associated Press, FWAA and AFCA)
- Earned second-team All-America nods from Walter Camp and USA Today
- Outland Trophy finalist
- 43 tackles (7.5 for a loss), 10 quarterback hurries, 2 pass breakups, 1 forced fumble and 1 fumble recovery
- Bednarik Award semifinalist
NFLDraftGeek.com believes the Giants will pick A’Shawn with the 10th overall pick.
Robert Nkemdiche
DT, Ole Miss Rebels
Date of birth: September 19, 1994 (age 21)
Height: 6 feet 4 inches
Weight: 300 pounds
- Freshman All-SEC Team (Coaches)
- First team Freshman All-American (Athlon, College Football News)
- Semifinalist for the Lombardi Award
- All-SEC first team (Associated Press)
- All-America second team (AP, Sporting News, USA Today, CBS Sports)
- Second Team All-America (Walter Camp, AP, Sports Illustrated, Sports on Earth)
- Third team All-America (Athlon)
- Finalist for Paul Hornung Award (nation’s most versatile player), first defensive lineman to be a finalist for that award
- Semifinalist for the Rotary Lombardi Award and Chuck Bednarik Award
- All-SEC first team (ESPN.com, Athlon), second team (Coaches, AP, Gridironnow.com)
Busted for marijuana in December 2015. Warren Sapp, Randy Moss, and Tryann Mathieu all had legal run-ins due to weed and they turned out just fine. DraftTek.com thinks if Calhoun and Shaq Lawson aren’t available, the G-Men might get Nkemdiche in the first.
Andrew Billings
DT, Baylor Bears
Date of birth: March 6, 1996 (age 19)
Height: 6 ft 2 in
Weight: 310 lb
- All-Big 12 lineman
- Consensus first-team All-Big 12 as sophomore in 2014
- Broke Mark Henry’s Texas record for powerlifting in high school
- 2015 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (with Ogbah)
Yardbarker has the incredibly strong and compact interior lineman going to NYG with the 10th overall selection while DraftTek thinks Billings might fall to Big Blue in the 2nd Round. The big man had 39 combined tackles (31 solo), 14 of which were for a loss (5th overall in the FBS Division 1-A), 5.5 sacks, and a forced fumble.
Myles Jack
OLB, UCLA
Date of Birth: September 3, 1995 (age 20)
Height: 6′ 1″
Weight: 225 lbs
- 2× Second-team All-Pac-12 (2013, 2014)
- Sporting News Freshman All-American (2013)
- Pac-12 Defensive Freshman of the Year (2013)
- Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year (2013)
- Second in conference for passes defended (2013)
- All-American by Athlon Sports (2013)
- Finalist for the Paul Hornung Award (2013)
SB Nation has Myles possibly landing with the Giants at #10, but others are projecting the Cowboys or Bears to end up wit him.
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