The first two picks for the New York Giants in this year’s draft are more than just current teammates and training camp roommates. They were actually conference opponents in college.
Defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence and quarterback Daniel Jones both played in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Lawrence for the National Championship-winning Clemson Tigers and Jones for the Quick Lane Bowl runner-up-Duke Blue Devils. And during their collegiate years, Lawrence could see the immense talent in Jones’ style of play.
“I knew when I played him in college he was really good. In the first half, he was killing us on the field, up and down the field, but they just couldn’t score,” Lawrence said, per Ed Valentine of Big Blue View.