New York Giants: Top 10 Fourth Round Draft Picks of All-Time
By Neal Lynch
10. Brandon Short – LB, Penn State Nittany Lions (2000)
Games: 68
Approximate Value (“AV”) w/ Giants: 25
Seasons w/ Giants: 5
Average AV Per Season: 5
At Penn State, Short was a four-year starter and two-time captain. Short was the Most Valuable Player at the 1998 Citrus Bowl and named First-team All-Big Ten in 1998 and 1999. His junior season, Brandon was a semi-finalist for the Dick Butkus Award, recording 67 tackles (49 solo, 15 for loss) and 5.5 sacks. His senior season, Short led the team with 103 tackles and four sacks.
The 1999 Consensus All-America was drafted by the Giants in the 4th round (105th overall) of the 2000 NFL Draft, a handful of picks after the Green Bay Packers selected Ohio State linebacker Na’il Diggs and several picks before the Denver Broncos picked Florida offensive lineman Cooper Carlisle.
In 5 seasons with the Giants, Short started 52 of 68 games played, and had two interceptions, 11 passes knocked down, four forced fumbles, nine sacks, and more then 270 combined tackles. His best seasons came in 2002 when he had three sacks and 88 combined tackles and a fumble recovery.
Short was involved in an infamous 2002 training camp cafeteria fistfight with teammate Jeremy Shockey after Shockey, a rookie, refused to sing his college fight song, which was a training camp hazing ritual.
You might remember Short broke New York Jets quarterback Chad Pennington’s wrist during a tackle in the 2003 Giants-Jets preseason game, causing Pennington to miss the first six games of the 2003 season.
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