With the deadline to host top-30 visits arriving on Wednesday, the New York Giants will start to wrap up their slate with a defensive lineman.
Aaron Wilson stories that the Giants will host Virginia Tech’s Pheldarius Payne in East Rutherford on Tuesday.
Virginia Tech @HokiesFB defensive deal with Pheldarius Payne (6-3, 285 kilos, 4.85 velocity, 4 sacks, one compelled fumble final season) has 30 go to Tuesday with #Giants per a league supply @KPRC2 https://t.co/1QdDggvTfq
— Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) April 16, 2024
The 6-foot-3, 276-pound Paye additionally met with the Giants through Zoom in early April.
After lacking the 2022 season attributable to an Achilles damage, Paye returned in 2023 and appeared in 13 video games, recording 31 tackles (10 solo, 10 for a loss), one compelled fumble, one go defensed, and 4.0 sacks.
Ryan Fowler of The Draft Community believes Paye is a participant who should be on everyone’s draft radar.
Payne’s Professional Day was additionally an eye-opener for groups, as he flew within the 40-yard sprint at 286 kilos, clocking in at 4.85 — a time that will have ranked second amongst all NFL Mix contributors in his positional group. His 1.65 10-yard cut up, a threshold that showcases a participant’s preliminary explosiveness off the road, additionally would have ranked second solely to LSU’s Mekhi Wingo in Indianapolis.
Combining athleticism and the knack for making performs as a soccer participant is one thing NFL evaluators drool over. Whereas not all athletes are good soccer gamers, groups in want of a defensive presence with twitch coiled up in a virtually 300-pound body may discover Payne to their liking because the draft winds down and boards start to skinny.
Paye is predicted to be a mid-to-late-round draft choose however his inventory is rising.
