Shaun O'Hara discusses his top OT prospect pancakes
According to the experts, the 2022 NFL Draft is deep at several positions, including the offensive line.
The Giants have added several offensive linemen through the first few weeks of free agency, but could still look to bolster their depth up front in the draft.
Former Giants center and Super Bowl champion Shaun O'Hara joined NFL Network's "Good Morning Football" this week to discuss some of the top O-line prospects in this year's draft.
Among the players O'Hara breaks down on film are:
- Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State
- Daniel Faalele, OT, Minnesota
- Tyler Smith, OT, Tulsa
- Trevor Penning, OT, Northern Iowa
- Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State
Of those players, Ekwonu (No. 2), Penning (No. 22), Cross (No. 23) and Smith (No. 41) all appear in Daniel Jeremiah's latest list of top 50 draft prospects.
NFL Network's Bucky Brooks recently updated his top five prospects by position ranking as well, which featured several of the same names in his top five offensive tackles.
Here are Brooks' top five offensive tackles:
1. Ekwonu
2. Evan Neal, OT, Alabama
3. Cross
4. Penning
5. Bernhard Raimann, OT, Central Michigan
Cynthia Frelund's latest mock predicts OT & EDGE for Giants
We are now less than four weeks away from the start of this year's NFL Draft.
With the pro day schedule nearly complete, draft analysts have begun updating their mock drafts.
The latest to do so is NFL Network analytics expert Cynthia Frelund. In her first analytics mock draft, Frelund predicted the Giants take N.C. State OT Ickey Ekwonu at No. 5 and Purdue EDGE George Karlaftis at No. 7.
In her latest first-round projection, the analytics expert kept one pick the same while predicting a new edge rusher to the Giants at No. 7.
Here are Frelund's new picks for the Giants.
Pick for No. 5: Ickey Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State
Analysis: "Another duplicate pick here from Mock 1.0, especially with the Giants front office telling us they aren't shopping Saquon Barkley. Ekwonu's 18 big-time blocks in the run game, per Pro Football Focus, were seven more than the next-closest Power Five offensive lineman."
Ekwonu allowed just three sacks and 10 hurries on 500 pass block snaps last season. Pro Football Focus awarded him a 91.6 overall grade this past season, which included 93.8 run block and 78.3 pass block grades. In his first two seasons at N.C. State, the young tackle had overall grades of 80.6 (2020) and 80.5 (2019). Ekwonu earned numerous awards and honors this past year, and surrendered just eight QB hits on 1,332 pass block snaps over the last three seasons at N.C. State.
Ekwonu's collegiate accolades include Unanimous All-American (2021), ACC Jacobs Blocking Award (2021), First-Team All-ACC (2021), and Third-Team All-ACC (2020).
For his player comparison, both PFF and Lance Zierlein compared him to Kelechi Osemele.
Pick for No. 7: Kayvon Thibodeaux, DE, Oregon
Analysis: "After posting just 34 sacks last season (tied for 22nd), the Giants could pounce on the high-upside pass rusher out of Oregon."
Thibodeaux put together three consecutive strong seasons for the Ducks, which began with an eye-opening freshman campaign in 2019. In 13 games that year, Thibodeaux registered nine sacks and 14 tackles for loss while earning a 77.9 overall grade from Pro Football Focus. This performance led to him being named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year.
He followed that up with three sacks and 9.5 tackles for loss in seven games in 2020, good for a 78.9 overall grade, and was named First-Team All-Pac-12 and the recipient of the Morris Trophy as the conference's best defensive lineman. Playing in 10 games as a junior this past season, Thibodeaux had seven sacks, 12 tackles for loss, and two forced fumbles. He received an 83.9 overall grade from PFF, including an elite 91.5 pass rush grade, and was once again named First-Team All-Pac-12 along with Unanimous All-American.
For his player comparison, PFF described Thibodeaux as a "rawer Myles Garrett," while Lance Zierlein compared him to Brian Orakpo.
NFL Media analyst Daniel Jeremiah released his final edition of the top 50 prospects in the 2022 NFL Draft.


No. 50 Logan Hall, DT, Houston

No. 49 David Ojabo, EDGE, Michigan

No. 48 Sam Howell, QB, North Carolina

No. 47 Kaiir Elam, CB, Florida

No. 46 Christian Watson, WR, North Dakota State

No. 45 Skyy Moore, WR, Western Michigan

No. 44 Nik Bonitto, EDGE, Oklahoma

No. 43 Bernhard Raimann, OT, Central Michigan

No. 42 Tyler Smith, OT, Tulsa

No. 41 Jalen Pitre, S, Baylor

No. 40 Matt Corral, QB, Mississippi

No. 39 Lewis Cine, S, Georgia

No. 38 Christian Harris, LB, Alabama

No. 37 Travis Jones, DT, Connecticut

No. 36 Kenyon Green, G, Texas A&M

No. 35 Kyler Gordon, CB, Washington

No. 34 Arnold Ebiketie, EDGE, Penn State

No. 33 Kenneth Walker III, RB, Michigan State

No. 32 Andrew Booth Jr., CB, Clemson

No. 31 Boye Mafe, EDGE, Minnesota

No. 30 Zion Johnson, IOL, Boston College

No. 29 Quay Walker, LB, Georgia

No. 28 Breece Hall, RB, Iowa State

No. 27 Tyler Linderbaum, IOL, Iowa

No. 26 Malik Willis, QB, Liberty

No. 25 Jahan Dotson, WR, Penn State

No. 24 Kenny Pickett, QB, Pittsburgh

No. 23 Devonte Wyatt, DT, Georgia

No. 22 Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State

No. 21 Dax Hill, S, Michigan

No. 20 Trevor Penning, OT, Northern Iowa

No. 19 Treylon Burks, WR, Arkansas

No. 18 George Karlaftis, EDGE, Purdue

No. 17 Nakobe Dean, LB, Georgia

No. 16 Jameson Williams, WR, Alabama

No. 15 Chris Olave, WR, Ohio State

No. 14 Trent McDuffie, CB, Washington

No. 13 Devin Lloyd, LB, Utah

No. 12 Derek Stingley Jr., CB, LSU

No. 11 Jordan Davis, DT, Georgia

No. 10 Kayvon Thibodeaux, EDGE, Oregon

No. 9 Jermaine Johnson II, EDGE, Florida State

No. 8 Evan Neal, OT, Alabama

No. 7 Drake London, WR, Southern California

No. 6 Travon Walker, EDGE, Georgia

No. 5 Kyle Hamilton, S, Notre Dame

No. 4 Garrett Wilson, WR, Ohio State

No. 3 Ickey Ekwonu, OT, North Carolina State

No. 2 Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner, CB, Cincinnati

No. 1 Aidan Hutchinson, EDGE, Michigan
📸 EVERY prospect mocked to the Giants
As it currently stands, the Giants hold nine picks in the 2022 NFL Draft.
Here are all nine picks:
Round 1 - No. 5, No. 7 (via CHI)
Round 2 - No. 36
Round 3 - No. 67, No. 81 (via MIA)
Round 4 - No. 112 (via CHI)
Round 5 - No. 147, No. 173 (via KC through BAL)
Round 6 - No. 182
Check out the gallery below to view photos of EVERY prospect being mocked to the Giants by draft analysts.
View photos of EVERY player projected to the Giants by draft analysts in mock drafts.


Evan Neal, OT, Alabama

Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State

Kayvon Thibodeaux, DE, Oregon

Travon Walker, DE, Georgia

Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State

Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner, CB, Cincinnati

Kyle Hamilton, S, Notre Dame

Devin Lloyd, LB, Utah

Garrett Wilson, WR, Ohio State

Derek Stingley Jr., CB, LSU

Drake London, WR, USC

George Karlaftis, EDGE, Purdue

Jermaine Johnson II, EDGE, Florida State

Tyler Linderbaum, IOL, Iowa

Trevor Penning, OT, Northern Iowa

Nakobe Dean, LB, Georgia

Zion Johnson, IOL, Boston College

David Ojabo, EDGE, Michigan

Boye Mafe, EDGE, Minnesota

George Pickens, WR, Georgia

Kenyon Green, IOL, Texas A&M

Arnold Ebiketie, EDGE, Penn State

Kaiir Elam, CB, Florida

Drake Jackson, EDGE, USC

Kyler Gordon, CB, Washington

David Bell, WR, Purdue

Devonte Wyatt, DL, Georgia

Christian Harris, LB, Alabama

Tyler Smith, OT, Tulsa

Daxton Hill, S, Michigan

Nik Bonitto, EDGE, Oklahoma

Jalen Pitre, S, Baylor

Travis Jones, DL, Connecticut

Logan Hall, EDGE, Houston

Trey McBride, TE, Colorado State

Kingsley Enagbare, EDGE, South Carolina

Jelani Woods, TE, Virginia

Breece Hall, RB, Iowa State

Jamaree Salyer, OL, Georgia

Cade Otton, TE, Washington

Isaiah Likely, TE, Coastal Carolina

Zamir White, RB, Georgia

Darian Kinnard, OL, Kentucky

Max Mitchell, OT, Louisiana-Lafayette

Greg Dulcich, TE, UCLA

Dylan Parham, IOL, Memphis

Josh Paschal, EDGE, Kentucky

Charlie Kolar, TE, Iowa State

Coby Bryant, CB, Cincinnati

Sean Rhyan, OL, UCLA

Quay Walker, LB, Georgia

Jalen Tolbert, WR, South Alabama

Ed Ingram, IOL, LSU

Damone Clark, LB, LSU

DeAngelo Malone, EDGE, Western Kentucky

John Metchie III, WR, Alabama

Jeremy Ruckert, TE, Ohio State

Leo Chenal, LB, Wisconsin

Nick Cross, S, Maryland

Otito Ogbonnia, DT, UCLA

Kerby Joseph, S, Illinois

James Cook, RB, Georgia

Kellen Diesch, OT, Arizona State

Channing Tindall, LB, Georgia

Alec Pierce, WR, Cincinnati

Dohnovan West, IOL, Arizona State

Erik Ezukanma, WR, Texas Tech

Wan'Dale Robinson, WR, Kentucky

Luke Fortner, IOL, Kentucky

Brian Asamoah, LB, Oklahoma

Jerome Ford, RB, Cincinnati

Troy Anderson, LB, Montana State

Eyioma Uwazurike, DL, Iowa State

Nephi Sewell, LB, Utah

Rachaad White, RB, Arizona State

Eyioma Uwazurike, DL, Iowa State

Cordale Flott, CB, LSU

Tyler Badie, RB, Missouri

Derrick Deese Jr., TE, San Jose State

Dawson Deaton, IOL, Texas Tech

Velus Jones Jr., WR, Tennessee

Dane Belton, S, Iowa

Khalil Shakir, WR, Boise State

Justin Eboigbe, DL, Alabama

Tyquan Thornton, WR, Baylor

Vincent Gray, CB, Michigan

Esezi Otomewo, DT, Minnesota

Alec Lindstrom, IOL, Boston College

James Mitchell, TE, Virginia Tech

Percy Butler, S, Louisiana

Isaiah Thomas, DE, Oklahoma

Josh Rivas, IOL, Kansas State

Carson Wells, LB, Colorado

Jeremiah Gemmel, LB, North Carolina

Danny Gray, WR, SMU

Jeremiah Moon, OLB, Florida

Ty Chandler, RB, North Carolina

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