Editor’s observe: Hooker’s official top-30 go to might be held on Wednesday, April 19.
Are the New York Giants nonetheless available in the market for quarterbacks this offseason after inking Daniel Jones to a monster four-year deal final week?
Might be. They’ll reportedly be internet hosting Tennessee’s Hendon Hooker, who they’ve already scouted extensively, in one in all their prime 30 visits earlier than the 2023 NFL NFL draft.
Tennessee QB Hendon Hooker had a Prime 30 go to with the Houston Texans, and can journey to the Giants, Titans, Buccaneers, and Colts within the coming weeks, per supply.
— Ryan Fowler (@_RyanFowler_) March 11, 2023
Head coach Brian Daboll likes to have a deep quarterback room, and although the workforce has dedicated to Jones, you by no means know while you’ll have to show to your backups (see: San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Ravens, Indianapolis Colts, and so forth.).
The Giants have Tyrod Taylor as their major backup however he’s getting into the ultimate 12 months of his present deal. The Giants are more likely to preserve him on for this season as they’d achieve little or no in methods of cap area by slicing him and would additionally lose precious veteran expertise.
Hooker, a redshirt senior who turned 25 in January, would convey numerous positives to the Giants. He has a stable construct (6-foot-3 and 217 kilos) and seems to own the traits NFL groups search for in a Twenty first-century quarterback.
“Hooker performs with wonderful poise and footwork as a pocket passer,” writes NFL.com draft analyst Lance Zierlein. “He’ll make quarterback coaches and play-callers completely satisfied along with his adherence to preserving performs on schedule. He’s nonetheless exhibiting indicators of enchancment and progress on the place, and his capability to harm groups along with his legs creates alternatives to assist his offense outdoors of what he does within the pocket. His restoration from the ACL tear would require monitoring, however he has the expertise to grow to be a starter in a timing-based, unfold offense.”
That every one being mentioned, Hooker’s draft inventory will rely on the religion of many scouts believing that he’s previous his knee points and might be prepared for an NFL camp this summer time. He didn’t take part in drills on the NFL Scouting Mix in Indianapolis however impressed throughout interviews.
Some pundits have Hooker as going as excessive as Spherical 2 within the draft this 12 months whereas others have him as an early Day 3 decide.
Giants normal supervisor Joe Schoen has a protracted to-do listing this spring and one wonders if checking in on Hooker is simply a part of him doing his due diligence.
