With the No. 47 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, as announced by our own Tiki Barber, the New York Giants selected safety Tyler Nubin from Minnesota.
Nubin was the first true safety and eighth DB selected in the Draft, which saw 23 of 32 first-rounders taken on the offensive side of the ball. He was the top-ranked safety per PFF, with an 89.2 rating that was 10th of 852 FBS safeties, and a write-up that says he ‘possesses the athleticism, football IQ and talent as a run-stopper to be a versatile and impactful safety in any scheme’ and ‘would likely make the most plays in a system that consistently uses two-deep coverages, allowing him to play free, robber and box safety roles.’
What Nubin brings to Big Blue is an NFL pedigree (his dad, Rodney, played at Eastern Michigan, and his uncle played DB in the same Michigan secondary as Charles Woodson and Ty Law) and a boatload of production.
Last year, Nubin was First Team All-Big Ten and Second-Team AP All-American, starting all 12 games and notching 53 tackles, one sack, five interceptions, four PBUs, and one forced fumble), and his final pick set a school record with 13 career INTs.