If rookie season projections made by Pro Football Focus prove accurate, No. 5 overall pick Kayvon Thibodeaux will be well worth the investment for the New York Giants.
PFF used what it calls its IQ formula, which is available to NFL teams, to come up with its projections.
Only Aidan Hutchinson, drafted No. 2 overall by the Detroit Lions, is projected to post better rookie numbers than Thibodeaux.
Here, in graphic form, is PFF’s pass-rush projection for Thibodeaux:
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Leonard Williams led the Giants last season with 47 pressures in 561 pass-rushing snaps.