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The Draft 2000 The Giants first pick was Ron Dayne, RB, Wisconsin

Here's the top links to follow the NFL Draft both before and after.

Draft Info - Sporting News
Draft Info - ESPN
Draft Info - FOX Sports
Draft Info - CNN - Sports Illustrated
Draft Info - Springfield
Draft Info - Pro Football Weekly
Draft Info - CBS - Sportsline
Draft Info - Rivals - NFL Draft Digest

Giants Draft

The Giants selected RB Ron Dayne of Wisconsin for their first pick.
Dayne, the Heisman Trophy winner last year, is the tough power back the Giants wanted, and he should be an impact player in his first year.

Next they were lucky enough to find DL Cornelius Griffin from Alabama still available.
Griffin is a power pass rusher who can beat his man with an explosive initial step.

The third pick was WR Ronald Dixon from Lambuth, who is known mostly for his speed. He was a surprising third round pick, but the Giants want his speed for returning punts, and kickoffs.

The fourth pick was LB Brandon Short from Penn State. He's a physical player who's very productive and has a nose for the ball.

They next selected CB Ralph Brown for their fifth pick. He's from Nebraska, and is known to be a very aggressive tackler who constantly fights off blocks.

The sixth round pick was used on Michigan LB Dhani Jones. He's a great athlete with good football instincts.

The seventh and last pick was Jeremiah Parker, a DE from California. He has good quickness and excels in rushing the passer.

First round Draft Picks around the league - What did they get?

First-round signings as of 7/27/00
1. Cleveland, Courtney Brown, de, Penn State, six years, $45 million
2. Washington, LaVar Arrington, lb, Penn State, six years, terms undisclosed
3. Washington, Chris Samuels, ot, Alabama, six years, $47 million
4. Cincinnati, Peter Warrick, wr, Florida State, seven years, $42 million
5. Baltimore, Jamal Lewis, rb, Tennessee, terms undisclosed
6. Philadelphia, Corey Simon, dt, Florida State
7. Arizona, Thomas Jones, rb, Virginia, four years, $13.1 million
8. Pittsburgh, Plaxico Burress, wr, Michigan State, five years, $14.398
9. Chicago, Brian Urlacher, lb, New Mexico, five years, $13.25 million
10. Baltimore, Travis Taylor, wr, Florida
11. Giants, Ron Dayne, rb, Wisconsin, five years, $7.14 million
12. Jets, Shaun Ellis, de, Tennessee, five years, $8.175 million
13. Jets, John Abraham, lb, South Carolina, five years, $7.055 million
14. Green Bay, Bubba Franks, te, Miami, 5 years, $6.45 million
15. Denver, Deltha O'Neal, db, California, 7 years, $9.1 million
16. San Francisco, Julian Peterson, lb, Michigan State
17. Oakland, Sebastian Janikowski, pk, Florida State, five years, $6 million
18. Jets, Chad Pennington, qb, Marshall, five years, $6.5 million
19. Seattle, Shaun Alexander, rb, Alabama, five years, $10.4 million
20. Detroit, Stockar McDougle, ot, Oklahoma, 5 years, terms undisclosed
21. Kansas City, Sylvester Morris, wr, Jackson State
22. Seattle, Chris McIntosh, ot, Wisconsin
23. Carolina, Rashard Anderson, db, Jackson State, terms undisclosed
24. San Francisco, Ahmad Plummer, db, Ohio State
25. Minnesota, Chris Hovan, dt, Boston College
26. Buffalo, Erik Flowers, de, Arizona State, terms undisclosed
27. Jets, Anthony Becht, te, West Virginia, five years, terms undisclosed
28. Indianapolis, Rob Morris, lb, Brigham Young
29. Jacksonville, R. Jay Soward, wr, Southern California, five years, $5.45 million
30. Tennessee, Keith Bulluck, lb, Syracuse, terms undisclosed
31. St. Louis, Trung Canidate, rb, Arizona, 5 years, terms undisclosed

2000 New York Giants Draft Picks - How did they do?
Here's who the Giants picked. You can click on the reviews to see how the sports publications rated the Giants and the rest of the NFL teams.

Giant Insider - Background stories on the seven Giants draft picks.
E-Giants - Spotlight on Ronald Dixon
NY Post - A Sensible Gameplan
NY Post - Prof Serby's Picks & Pans
NY Daily News - Giant Picks Not Short On Skill
Star Ledger - Pleased with their picks, Giants turn to fill other needs
Air Raley - Ron Dayne, more than quite some player
University of Wisconsin - Ron Dayne 1999 Heisman Trophy Winner

NFC East Draft Picks

Washington - 1, LaVar Arrington, lb, Penn State (2); 1, Chris Samuels, ot, Alabama (3); 3, Lloyd Harrison, db, North Carolina State (64); 4, Michael Moore, g, Troy State (129); 5, Quincy Sanders, db, UNLV (155); 6, Todd Husak, qb, Stanford (202); 7, Delbert Cowsette, dt, Maryland (216); 7, Ethan Howell, wr, Oklahoma State (250).

Dallas - 2, Dwayne Goodrich, db, Tennessee (49); 4, Kareem Larrimore, db, West Texas A&M (109); 5, Michael Wiley, wr, Ohio State (144); 6, Mario Edwards, db, Florida State (180); 7, Orantes Grant, lb, Georgia (219).

Arizona - 1, Thomas Jones, rb, Virginia (7); 2, Raynoch Thompson, lb, Tennessee (41); 3, Darwin Walker, dt, Tennessee (71); 4, David Barrett, db, Arkansas (102); 5, Mao Tosi, dt, Idaho (136); 5, Jay Tant, te, Northwestern (164); 6, Jabari Issa, dt, Washington (176); 7, Sekou Sanyika, lb, California (215).

Philadelphia - 1, Corey Simon, dt, Florida State (6); 2, Todd Pinkston, wr, Southern Mississippi (36); 2, Bobby Williams, g, Arkansas (61); 4, Gari Scott, wr, Michigan State (99); 6, Thomas Hamner, rb, Minnesota (171); 6, John Frank, de, Utah (178); 6, John Romero, c, California (192).

Giants Pre Draft stories.

Draft Story - Giant Insider - An early look.
Draft Story - Giant Insider - Giants want Dayne.
Draft Story - The Record- Giants draft priorities
Draft Story - Newsday - For Giants, It's 'Back' to Basics.
Draft Story - NY Post- Alexander looks great to Big Blue.
Draft Story - E-Giants - Giants first round draft pick.

1999 New York Giants Draft Picks - How did they do?
Here's who the Giants picked last year in the draft. You can click on some of the stories that are still online to see how the reporters rated their picks at the time.
Just remember it's easy to second guess.

Review of Giants 1999 Draft Class

Update: A year has gone by now, and as of opening day 2000, (Sept 3, 2000), of the nine players chosen in 1999, only one -- tackle Luke Petitgout -- is a starter.

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