By selecting Western Michigan cornerback Sam Beal in the third round the New York Giants will forfeit their third-round selection in the 2019 NFL Draft.
The Giants, with cornerback depth a question heading into the 2018 season, felt like it was a move worth making.
“We feel like we’re getting our third-round pick now,” Gettleman said via a release from the team. “We discussed it at length yesterday, and had a great conversation. We basically had a draft meeting in the office, with people on the speaker phone who had seen him.