The Giants selected Eli Apple with their first-round draft pick on Thursday night.
But where has he been since then?
While many other first-rounders have been paraded about by their new teams in recent days, appearing at fan parties and news conferences to trumpet their arrivals, Apple has been chilling at home getting ready for the start of rookie minicamp on Thursday. And that’s the way he and his family like it.
“We love how the Giants do business,” Tim Apple, Eli’s stepfather, told Newsday. “They wanted to finalize their draft process and then we don’t report until the rookie camp and that’s when everything will begin.