Who the NY Giants could have drafted over DeAndre Baker

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - APRIL 25: Deandre Baker of Georgia poses with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after being chosen #30 overall by the New York Giants during the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft on April 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

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Sean Murphy-Bunting (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) /

5. CB Sean Murphy-Bunting

Small-school cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting was a late riser heading into the 2019 NFL Draft. Coming out of Central Michigan, there were of course questions about the level of competition that SMB faced in the MAC.

Murphy-Bunting would prove his worth in his rookie year where he allowed a passer rating of just 86.6 on 60 targets in 16 games this past season.

Sean Murphy-Bunting offers a similar build to Baker but was a full tenth of a second faster during the 40-yard dash and had a broad jump eight inches further than Baker.

If Murphy-Bunting’s rookie season is any indicator of what is to come, he deserved to be drafted even higher than he really was and will have a much longer and more productive career than DeAndre Baker.

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