All the wide receivers they’ve taken in Round 1

The New York Giants will likely be in prime position to select a top wide receiver in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft on Thursday night in Detroit.

With the sixth overall pick, they will likely get a shot at one of this year’s three stud wideouts — Malik Nabers of LSU, Washington’s Rome Odunze, and Marvin Harrison Jr. of Ohio State.

In the Giants’ history, they have only used a first-round pick on a pure wide receiver six times. Here’s who they took with those picks (in no particular order).

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Ike Hilliard has the honor of being the only wide receiver the Giants chose in the top 10 of the draft. He was a steady performer for eight seasons with the Giants with 368 receptions for 4,630 yards and 27 touchdowns. He finished his career with four seasons in Tampa Bay and has been a receivers coach in both college and the NFL for the past 15 years.

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One of the most productive and colorful players in the history of the Giants, Odell Beckham Jr. put up massive numbers in his first three seasons in blue, earning Rookie of the Year honors in 2014 and getting named to the Pro Bowl in all three seasons. A knee injury slowed him down in his final two seasons with the Giants and they dealt him to Cleveland in 2019. Beckham earned a Super Bowl ring with the Los Angeles Rams in 2021.

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Kadarius Toney was a mercurial player and personality the Giants could not find a fit for, playing in just 12 games for Big Blue before being shipped out to Kansas City for a pair of draft choices. He has earned two Super Bowl rings as a member of the Chiefs.

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Thomas Lewis was a speedster out of Indiana the Giants hoped would give them a deep threat but he could not stay on the field, playing just 34 games with 15 starts over four seasons. His best year was 1996 when he had 53 receptions for 694 yards and four touchdowns.

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The Giants won the Super Bowl after the 1986 season and Mark Ingram was their first pick in the draft the next season. He played for Big Blue from 1987-1992 and was a member of the Super Bowl XXV team that upset the Buffalo Bills. In that game, Ingram made a crucial catch-and-run resulting in a first down that helped the Giants keep a key drive alive.

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Hakeem Nicks was a solid player for the Giants from 2009-2013 and then again in 2015 (he spent 2014 with Indianapolis). Nicks had two 1,000-yard seasons with Big Blue and was an integral part of the Giants’ Super Bowl XLVI championship team.

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