Giants ‘Definitely’ Wanted ‘Future Lead’ Running Back on Day 2 of Draft

MarShawn Lloyd

Getty The New York Giants “definitely” wanted a “future lead” RB on Day 2 of the 2024 NFL draft.

The New York Giants waited until the fifth round of the 2024 NFL draft to add a running back, Purdue’s Tyrone Tracy Jr., but Big Blue wanted MarShawn Lloyd on Day 2.

That’s according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. He revealed “New York also had its sights on USC running back MarShawn Lloyd as a future lead back but didn’t have a pick between Nos. 71 and 107. Lloyd went 88th. But the Giants definitely had him on the radar in Day 2.”

Fowler’s description of Lloyd as a potential lead back makes sense of the Giants’ interest. Lloyd would have been the bell-cow back the Giants are missing. Unfortunately, the Green Bay Packers pounced first with the 88th-overall pick.