Week 6 College Scouting (Giants)

As usual, scouting data from NFLDraftPro.com, player data from NFLDraftScout.com, and TV info from LSUFootball.net.

Away Team	Home Team	TV	TIME
Connecticut	Rutgers	ESPNU	12:00 PM
Illinois	Wisconsin	ABC/ESPN2	3:30 PM
Florida St	NC State	ESPN2	8:00 PM
Nebraska	Ohio St	ABC	8:00 PM

 Player data after the jump.

Week 4 College Scouting (Giants)

As always Scouting Information taken from NFLDraftPro.com, Player Information taken from NFLDraftScout.com, and TV Info taken from LSUSports.net

Week	Away Team	Home Team	TV	TIME
4	Army	Wake Forest	MY20	12:00 PM
4	Miami (FL)	Georgia Tech	CSN	3:00 PM
4	Missouri	South Carolina	CBS	3:30 PM
4	East Carolina	North Carolina	ESPNU	3:30 PM
4	South Alabama	Mississippi State	ESPN3	7:00 PM
4	Alcorn State	Arkansas State	ESPN3	7:00 PM

Top 20 Players to watch:

Rank	Player	Pos.	Pos. Rank	School	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Proj. Round
21	Johnthan Banks	CB	3	Mississippi State	Sr	6-1	185	1
27	Sylvester Williams	DT	4	North Carolina	Sr	6-3	320	1-2
30	*Marcus Lattimore	RB	1	South Carolina	Jr	6-0	220	1-2
43	Jonathan Cooper	OG	3	North Carolina	rSr	6-3	310	2
49	Brennan Williams	OT	6	North Carolina	Sr	6-7	315	2
63	Kevin Reddick	ILB	3	North Carolina	Sr	6-2	240	2
85	*Gabe Jackson	OG	5	Mississippi State	rJr	6-4	320	3
102	Josh Boyd	DT	10	Mississippi State	Sr	6-3	300	3-4
113	*Giovani Bernard	RB	9	North Carolina	rSo	5-10	205	3-4
115	Zaviar GoodenInjured	OLB	11	Missouri	rSr	6-2	230	3-4
120	Devin Taylor	DE	15	South Carolina	rSr	6-7	267	3-4
129	Omoregie Uzzi	OG	7	Georgia Tech	rSr	6-3	302	4
131	*Seantrel Henderson	OT	12	Miami (Fla.)	Jr	6-8	340	4
134	DeVonte Holloman	OLB	13	South Carolina	Sr	6-2	241	4
145	D.J. Swearinger	FS	7	South Carolina	Sr	5-11	210	4-5
147	*Jeremiah Attaochu	OLB	15	Georgia Tech	Jr	6-2	240	4-5
156	*James Hurst	OT	14	North Carolina	Jr	6-6	310	5
170	Rod Sweeting	CB	21	Georgia Tech	Sr	5-11	184	5-6
174	T.J. Johnson	C	4	South Carolina	rSr	6-5	318	5-6
204	Cameron Lawrence	OLB	20	Mississippi State	Sr	6-2	230	6
210	T.J. Moe	WR	26	Missouri	Sr	5-11	200	6-7

Hit the jump for prospects by school.

Top 12 Prospects for Week 3

Rank	Player	Pos.	Pos. Rank	School	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Proj. Round
11	*Logan Thomas	QB	3	Virginia Tech	rJr	6-6	260	1
18	*David Amerson	CB	2	North Carolina State	Jr	6-2	194	1
19	*Jackson Jeffcoat	DE	3	Texas	Jr	6-5	245	1
35	Alex Okafor	DE	5	Texas	Sr	6-5	265	1-2
36	Kawann Short	DT	5	Purdue	rSr	6-3	315	1-2
37	*Carrington Byndom	CB	4	Texas	Jr	6-0	180	1-2
41	Kenny Vaccaro	SS	1	Texas	Sr	6-1	218	2
49	*James Gayle	DE	8	Virginia Tech	rJr	6-4	268	2
58	Mike Glennon	QB	9	North Carolina State	rSr	6-5	232	2
93	Marcus Davis	WR	11	Virginia Tech	rSr	6-4	232	3
116	*C.J. Fiedorowicz	TE	3	Iowa	Jr	6-6	265	3-4
121	Micah Hyde	CB	13	Iowa	Sr	6-1	190	3-4

Week 3 College Scouting (Giants)

As always, Scout information from Chris Steuber at NFLDraftPro.com
Player information from Rob Rang at NFLDraftScout.com
TV Information from LSUFootball.net

Week	Visiting Team	Home Team	TV	TIME (EST)
3	Virginia Tech	Pittsburgh	ESPNU	12:00 PM
3	Eastern Michigan	Purdue	BTN	12:00 PM
3	Northern Iowa	Iowa	BTN	3:30 PM
3	South Alabama	North Carolina State	ESPN3.COM	6:00 PM
3	Texas	Ole Miss	ESPN	9:15 PM
3	South Carolina State	Arizona	PAC12 NTWK	10:30 PM

Week 2 College Scouting (Giants)

Scouting information taken from Chris Steuber at NFLDraftPro.com (Link)
Rank information taken from Rob Rang at NFLDraftScout.com (Link)
Rank = Overall Rank, Pos Rank = Position Rank

Let's take a look at which games the Giants' scouts will be at for Week 2:

	Visiting Team	Home Team
	Maryland	Temple
	East Carolina	(9) South Carolina
	Southern Illinois	Miami (OH)
	Iowa State	Iowa
	Washington	(3)LSU
	(18) Oklahoma State	Arizona

And now some of the key players:

LSU

Rank	Player	Pos.	Pos. Rank	School	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Proj. Round
4	*Barkevious Mingo	OLB	1	LSU	rJr	6-4	240	1
6	*Sam Montgomery	DE	1	LSU	rJr	6-5	260	1
11	*Eric Reid	FS	1	LSU	Jr	6-2	212	1
50	*Tyrann Mathieu	CB	5	LSU	rJr	5-09	178	2
52	*Bennie Logan	DT	6	LSU	rJr	6-3	295	2
197	*Spencer Ware	RB	17	LSU	Jr	5-11	225	6
84	*Kevin Minter	ILB	6	LSU	rJr	6-1	245	2-3
104	Alex Hurst	OT	10	LSU	rSr	6-6	332	3-4
151	Russell Shepard	WR	18	LSU	Sr	6-0	195	4-5
213	Josh Downs	DT	19	LSU	Sr	6-1	288	6-7

2011 Giants' Scoring [By Touchdowns]

RUSH = Rushing TDs

REC = Receiving TDs

RET = Return TDs

All data taken from ESPN

2012 Giants' Salary Cap Breakdown

Note: Only the kicker and punter are included in Special Teams for logistical reasons.

          Base Salary + Bonuses = Salary Cap Hits

 

Base Salary

• The defensive side of the football will make 20% more than the offensive side of the football. However, according to the Football Outsiders' 2011 DVOA rankings, the offensive unit outperformed the defensive side. The offensive unit was ranked 7th in the league (15.6% DVOA), while the defensive unit was ranked 20th (6.9%). Special Teams was ranked 16th (0.3%). 

• Eight defensive players will make over $1M this year, while only six offensive players will make over $1M. Kicker Lawrence Tynes will make a bit over a $1.3 in base salary, while punter Steve Weatherford just signed a five-year, $12.75 million contract. The Giants clearly put an emphasis on Special Teams. 
• Out of 88 players on the current roster, only 14 will make over $1 million for the upcoming year. Or in other terms, just 16%.

 

Bonuses

• Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora will make $7.8 million of those $25 million in bonus money on defense. On the offensive side, Eli Manning will make the same amount ($7.8 M) by himself. 
• 10 of the players making over $1 million in bonus money will be on defense (60%), while only 6 will be on the offensive side. 
• An interesting note: 43% of the players making over $1 million while be players who line up on the line (DE, DT, C, G, T). 56% of them will be playmakers (LB, CB, S, WR, RB, QB). 

 

 

 

 

Salary Cap Hits

• The highest combined salaries on this upcoming year's defensive squad will be linebackers and defensive ends ($17 million each). On offense, it will be the the quarterback and his guards, $10 million each respectively.
• Five of the six positions on defense will make more than $10 million. As stated before defensive ends and linebackers lead the way with $17 million each, safeties will make $13 million combined, cornerbacks will make $11 million and defensive tackles will make a very respectable $10 million.
• Only $20 million of the $52 million will be going to the offensive line. With last year's woes at the position, you can see why the Giants have been trying to upgrade the unit. The addition of David Baas at the center position proved to be a good one. According to Football Outsiders, the veteran center only gave up 1.5 sacks in the regular season. David Diehl on the other hand gave up 6.5 sacks and managed to stay on the roster, while Kareem McKenzie gave up 5.5 sacks and was released. Diehl will rake in $2.7 million to protect Eli Manning's right side this year. 

Full Table after the jump