Giants assembly with Tennessee QB Hendon Hooker in potential NFL Draft twist

Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker is meeting with the Giants on Wednesday for some due diligence on the injured standout, NFL Community reported.

Hooker, 25, comes into the 2023 NFL Draft with loads of intrigue as he was a Heisman Trophy candidate final season earlier than tearing his ACL in November.

Hooker’s restoration from that damage will doubtless power him to overlook his complete rookie season.

Nonetheless, many challenge Hooker to be chosen as a late first-round choose or excessive second-rounder.

The Giants personal choose No. 25 within the upcoming NFL Draft, though it could appear unlikely that the Giants use their first-round choose on a quarterback after they just dished out a four-year $160 million contract to Daniel Jones.

Nonetheless, the ultimate yr of Jones’ contract shouldn’t be assured, giving the Giants some purpose to maintain their choices open for gifted quarterbacks like Hooker.

The best Hooker has been projected to go within the 2023 NFL Draft is No. 11 total to the Tennessee Titans in NFL Community reporter Peter Schrager’s first NFL Mock Draft.

Hooker has comparable traits to Jones as a dual-threat quarterback.

Hooker threw for 27 touchdowns, two interceptions and three,135 yards final season whereas speeding for 430 yards for the Volunteers earlier than the damage derailed a season that included a 52-49 upset of then top-ranked Alabama in October.

Had he averted catastrophe, Hooker may have been within the dialog for the highest choose within the draft.