The lone Syracuse football player that was selected in the 2019 NFL Draft is expected to have a huge impact in year one.
In April, Chris Slayton was picked by the New York Giants in the seventh round with the 245th overall pick.
There’s no guarantee that a seventh-round draft choice will even make the final 53 man roster in September, but the Giants feel differently about Slayton.
After selecting Slayton, Giants GM Dave Gettleman called him “a big, violent inside banger.” Gettleman also said the Giants had the Syracuse defensive lineman graded as a Round 5 talent,” per SB Nation’s Ed Valentine.