During his final collegiate season, McKinney lined up all over the place, splitting his time nearly equally between setting up in the box, as a deep safety, and in the slot.He seems to be gearing up to do something similar in New York. Big fan of Giants draft so far According to Pro Football Talk, McKinney played 291 snaps in the box, 232 snaps in the slot and 282 snaps at free safety. “To be honest I really don’t care much about the 40 anyways.
It’s not what he does in his underwear on a track.’’“We had our mind made up our mind that if Xavier fell to us we were taking him,’’ general manager Dave Gettleman said.“One of the important things for us this year was getting a safety that can play the deep part of the field,’’ Gettleman said.McKinney follows Landon Collins in 2015 as an Alabama safety coming to the Giants in the second round. © 2004-2020 CBS Interactive. “I’m happy to be a Giant and that’s all that matters now,’’ he said.Only one player could cancel the trade.As far as slipping into the second round, McKinney said he was “very surprised.”He is not Isaiah Simmons, the do-everything Clemson linebacker who was taken No. Xavier played 323 snaps in the box, 227 in the slot, and 271 deep . All Rights Reserved.With all that shuffling on offense, you might be forgiven for failing to see that it's the backslide of the defense, as much as anything else, that had led to the team's recent downswing.
The defense has gotten worse and worse ever since.Images by Getty Images and US PresswireCBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc.McKinney figures to be an important piece for the defense due to his versatility. He played college football at Alabama.
He never got a chance to improve that time, as Alabama’s pro day was canceled, with social distancing measures put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.A two-year starter at Alabama, McKinney is extremely versatile. McKinney attended Roswell High School in Roswell, Georgia. Judge received plenty of inside information from Nick Saban. “We felt the value of getting Xavier there was just too good to pass up.’’McKinney did not run well (4.63) at the NFL Scouting Combine, and that might have hurt his stock a bit. Xavier McKinney (born August 8, 1998) is an American football safety for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). Alabama’s do-it-all Xavier McKinney checks in at No. Back in 2016, the Giants spent a bunch of money to upgrade the less glamorous side of the ball, and rode one of the league's most-improved units to an 11-5 record and a playoff berth. “A DB is somebody who can play safety, free safety, corner, slot nickel, anywhere.’’Would you like to receive desktop browser notifications about breaking news and other major stories?In addition to Peppers and now McKinney, the Giants have Julian Love entering his second season after starting five games as a rookie.Just like that, after signing James Bradberry in free agency, the Giants have the makings of a legitimate secondary.