Mason Graham 2025 NFL Draft Profile: Everything you need to know about Giants' potential pick

The Giants own the No. 3 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, so they'll have plenty of options at their disposal. Let's take a look at some potential targets, focusing this time on Michigan defensive tackle Mason Graham.

By The Numbers

- Height: 6-foot-3

- Weight: 296 pounds

- 40-Yard Dash: N/A (Graham did not participate in some drills at the NFL Combine)

- Vertical: N/A

- Bench: 24 reps

- Broad Jump: N/A

- 2024 Stats (12 games played): 45 tackles, seven tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks and one pass defended.

Prospect Overview

NFL.com: Three-technique who provides activity, effort, strength and quickness. He may not dominate as a pro but his strength, body control and quickness should allow him to play his brand of ball and become a good starter in an upfield defensive front.

Bleacher Report: Mason Graham has the potential to be one of the best defensive tackle prospects to come out of college in the last few years. His lack of elite size and length will keep him from being in the same category as Jalen Carter, but the Michigan product's combination of strength and athleticism gives him a high ceiling as a pro.

Why Graham makes sense for the Giants

On the surface, Graham doesn't sound like much of an option at No. 3, especially if someone like Abdul Carter, Travis Hunter, or Shedeur Sanders are on the board, all of whom would make sense for the Giants. But imagine this scenario for a moment: The Giants love Graham as a player, trade back a few spots and select him, and then use that added draft ammo to move back into the first round and take a quarterback like Sanders.

Sounds like a pretty good plan, no?

Graham is unquestionably the top interior defensive lineman in this year's draft class. And while he had just 9.0 total sacks over three seasons at Michigan, he has the skills to improve those numbers as a pro. It would be only fitting if the Giants paired him up in the middle of their line with Dexter Lawrence, who came out of college with just 11.0 sacks. When Lawrence was drafted, he was thought of as someone who could push the pocket and stop the run, but not an elite pass-rusher. Now, Lawrence is perhaps the best overall defensive tackle in football, and he's coming off a season in which he had a career-best nine sacks.

Even if Graham doesn't develop into a double-digit sack player, he has the quickness off the snap to be a constant disruptor, someone who can push the pocket and make opposing quarterbacks uncomfortable and unable to step up and into their throws, and he could be the perfect fit to play alongside Lawrence, Brian Burns, and Kayvon Thibodeaux.

NFL Comparison

NFL.com/Bleacher Report: Christian Wilkins