The Giants have Deonte Banks at 6-foot-1 and 197 pounds and clocked him at 4.32 in the 40-yard dash — too much size and speed for them to pass up.
The two areas the Giants were focusing on in the first round of the NFL draft — wide receiver and cornerback — are interconnected.
“They send a lot of pressure and they play man behind it,’’ Banks said Friday as he and his family toured and accepted congratulations at the Giants’ facility. “I like that.’’traded up one spot, from 25 to 24, in the first round Banks arrived for his first day on the job wearing a silver “Tae’’ necklace and said that is what he prefers to be called.As a lightly recruited three-star player, Maryland was the only Power 5 school to make Banks an offer. He was hardly on the Giants’ radar after a torn labrum in 2021 limited him to just two games that season.
Banks returned to health to start 12 games in 2022. He had 25 solo tackles, 38 total tackles, eight passes defensed and one interception. Marvin Harrison Jr. was held in check — five catches for 68 yards and no touchdowns — as was Emeka Egbukoa .Giants’ Joe Schoen makes late move to get Deonte Banks in NFL draft
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