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North Carolina State offensive lineman Ikem Ekwonu remains the player most often mocked to the New York Giants. In this week’s mock draft tracker, Ekwonu was the choice at No. 5 26 times (52 percent) in 50 mock drafts. He was never selected at No. 7, but was still the player chosen the most times at either of those two spots.
Mississippi State offensive tackle Charles Cross was chosen eight times at No. 5 and twice at No. 7, thus was taken in 20 percent of this week’s drafts.
Michigan edge defender Davi Ojabo was chosen just once at No. 5, but was the choice 12 times at No. 7. That means 26 percent of mock drafts had Ojabo going to the Giants in Round 1.
Ekwonu and Cross are vastly different players. Ekwonu is a physical mauler who loves to beat up defenders in the run game, but has some work to do in pass protection. Cross is a nimble, athletic pass protector without a lot of run-blocking experience.
Ojabo is not as highly-regarded as Kayvon Thibodeaux of Oregon or his Michigan teammate Aidan Hutchinson. It’s hard not to watch Ojabo and see an Osi Umenyiora element to his game.
2022 Mock Draft Tracker
| Date | Mock | Round 1 (No. 5) | Round 1 (No. 7) | Round 2 (No. 36) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Mock | Round 1 (No. 5) | Round 1 (No. 7) | Round 2 (No. 36) |
| 4/28 | ESPN (McShay) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/28 | ESPN (Kiper) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Jermaine Johnson II, Edge, Florida State | |
| 4/28 | PFN (Mellor) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Drake London, WR, USC | |
| 4/28 | Draft Countdown (Hallam) | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | |
| 4/28 | USA Today (Middlehurst-Schwartz) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/28 | Huddle Report (Drew Boylhart) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Travon Walker, Edge, Georgia | |
| 4/28 | Huddle Report (Johannes) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon | |
| 4/28 | DraftKings | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Jermaine Johnson II, Edge, Florida State | |
| 4/28 | Draft Countdown (Bosarge) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/28 | SI (Hanson) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/28 | NFL.com (Schrager) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | |
| 4/28 | Underdog Fantasy (Norris) | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | |
| 4/28 | Philly Voice (Kempski) | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | |
| 4/28 | Draft Network (Marino) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/27 | PFF (Sikkema) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | |
| 4/27 | FOX (Rang) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Jermaine Johnson II, Edge, Florida State | |
| 4/27 | NFL.com (Jeremiah) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Garrett Wilson, WR, Ohio State | |
| 4/27 | Washington Post (Maske) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon | |
| 4/27 | CBS (Trapasso) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/27 | USA Today (Davis) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | TRADE!!! NYG moves to No. 20 in trade w/PIT, selects Devin Lloyd, LB, Utah | |
| 4/27 | CBS (Prisco) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Travon Walker, Edge, Georgia | |
| 4/27 | Pewter Report (Ledyard) | Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | |
| 4/27 | NFL.com (Davis) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon | |
| 4/27 | DraftTek | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Jermaine Johnson II, Edge, Florida State | |
| 4/27 | CBS (Brinson) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/27 | Walter Football (Campbell) | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | |
| 4/26 | FOX (McIntyre) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/26 | SNY (Vacchiano) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/26 | Draftwire (Miller) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/26 | Palm Beach Post (Schad) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Jermaine Johnson II, Edge, Florida State | |
| 4/26 | Tankathon | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/26 | SI (Breer) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon | |
| 4/26 | NFL.com (Brooks) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | |
| 4/26 | PFN (Beasley) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/26 | Football Outsiders | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | |
| 4/26 | NBC Sports (Florio) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Drake London, WR, USC | |
| 4/26 | PFF (Meirov) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/26 | NFL Trade Rumors | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/25 | LA Times (Farmer) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/25 | Draftwire (Easterling) | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, NC State | |
| 4/25 | NFL.com (Lewis) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/25 | Touchdown Wire (Fitzpatrick) | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | |
| 4/25 | CBS (Wilson) | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | Travon Walker, Edge, Georgia | Daniel Faalele, OT, Minnesota |
| 4/25 | Sun-Sentinel (Kelly) | Kyle Hamilton, S, Notre Dame | Garrett Wilson, WR, Ohio State | |
| 4/25 | NBC (King) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Kyle Hamilton, S, Notre Dame | |
| 4/25 | PFF (Gayle) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | |
| 4/23 | PFN (Cummings) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | TRADE!! Giants swap w/NO, take CB Derek Stingly at 16 and WR Chris Olave at 19 | |
| 4/22 | Sporting News (Iyer) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/22 | Touchdown Wire (Schofield) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/22 | CBS (Fornelli) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Travon Walker, Edge, Georgia | |
| 4/22 | PFN (Fragoza) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon | |
| 4/22 | NFL.com (Reuter) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon | Quay Walker, LB, Georgia |
| 4/22 | Draft Network (Eisner) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Travon Walker, Edge, Georgia | |
| 4/21 | CBS (Edwards) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/21 | NFL.com (Jones-Drew) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Jermaine Johnson II, Edge, Florida State | |
| 4/21 | CBS (Jones) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon | |
| 4/21 | PFN (Kaye) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Travon Walker, Edge, Georgia | Tyler Linderbaum, C, Iowa |
| 4/21 | Walter Football | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | Arnold Ebiketie, Edge, Penn State |
| 4/20 | CBS (Hunt) | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | Aidan Hutchinson, Edge, Michigan | |
| 4/20 | PFF (Spielberger) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/19 | SI (Orr) | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | TRADE w/NO for 16 (G. Karlaftis, Edge, Purdue) and 19 (Nakobe Dean, LB, Georgia) | |
| 4/19 | PFF (Eager) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/18 | Sharp Football (McCrystal) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Travon Walker, Edge, Georgia | |
| 4/18 | PFF (Monson) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Devin Lloyd, LB, Utah | |
| 4/18 | College Football News | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Jermaine Johnson II, Edge, Florida State | Christian Harris, LB, Alabama |
| 4/17 | Draft Network (Crabbs) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Travon Walker, Edge, Georgia | |
| 4/16 | NY Post (Serby) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/16 | Player Profiler | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Travon Walker, Edge, Georgia | |
| 4/16 | PFN (Miller) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Jermaine Johnson, Edge, Florida State | |
| 4/15 | Sporting News (Staff) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/14 | NFL.com (Rank) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Travon Walker, Edge, Georgia | |
| 4/14 | The Athletic (Brugler) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | Arnold Ebiketie, Edge, Penn State |
| 4/14 | Establish The Run (Silva) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/12 | NFL.com (Zierlein) | Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, NC State | |
| 4/11 | PFF (Linsey) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/8 | SB Nation (Dator) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/6 | PFN (Wilson) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Aidan Hutchinson, Edge, Michigan | |
| 4/5 | San Diego Union-Tribune (Brown) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Kyle Hamilton, S, Notre Dame | |
| 4/4 | PFF (Treash) | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | Nakobe Dean, ILB, Georgia | Zion Johnson, G, Boston College |
| 4/4 | NFL Mocks | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Kyle Hamilton, S, Notre Dame | David Ojabo, Edge, Michigan |
| 4/2 | Touchdown Wire (Farrar) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | |
| 4/1 | Bleacher Report (Knox) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon | |
| 4/1 | Bleacher Report (Staff) | Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State |
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