Giants choose WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba in newest PFF mock

It’s no secret that the New York Giants want to offer Daniel Jones extra instruments to work with, particularly down the sphere. The present receiving corps is struggling, dropping passes left and proper.

Evidently, it is smart that the Giants would choose a large receiver within the 2023 draft, as indicated within the newest Professional Soccer Focus mock draft.

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28. NEW YORK GIANTS: WR JAXON SMITH-NJIGBA, OHIO STATE

Sikkema: JSN led the Buckeyes in receptions (95) and yards (1,595) a season in the past however has been restricted to solely 60 snaps thus far with hamstring points. He’s a high-floor participant for a receiving corps in want of such a expertise.

Smith-Njigba is a junior wideout for the Ohio State Buckeyes. His on-field expertise is obvious on movie — he’s athletic and quick, and has been one in every of C.J. Stroud’s favourite targets over the past two seasons.

The Giants are actually in want of the expertise JSN brings to the desk. The issue is he’s spent a lot of the present season sidelined with a hamstring damage. The damage was sustained in the course of the Buckeye’s recreation in opposition to Notre Dame initially of the season, and it’s been a wrestle to get him again on the sphere. It now seems like he might not return till OSU faces Michigan on November 26.

When he’s wholesome, JSN is an elite receiver with a great deal of potential. He has 5 receptions for 43 yards over the three video games he appeared on this season. Final season, although, Smith-Njigba caught 95 passes for 1,606 yards and 9 touchdowns. As a return man in 2020 and 2021, he returned 11 kicks for 71 yards.

If Smith-Njigba returns to the sphere and reveals everybody that he’s nonetheless nearly as good as he was earlier than his damage, this might be a strong pickup for the Giants. JSN can stretch the sphere and supply an outlet for Jones and produce a brand new dimension to particular groups. If he can keep wholesome.

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