Toney, 22, did nothing wrong in 2018, though two gun-related incidents from that year followed his name into last weekend’s NFL Draft.
He wasn’t arrested. He wasn’t carrying a gun illegally. If he put himself in danger, it was out of loyalty, described by his friends and family as his defining trait.
The Giants know this. They’ve known it since assistants Jody Wright, Kevin Sherrer and Jeremy Pruitt recruited him as a quarterback out of Mattie T. Blount High School in Prichard, Ala.
“They know this kid and what he stands for,” Lev Holly, 40, Toney’s coach his junior and senior seasons, told the Daily News.