The New York Giants reportedly have their eye on one quarterback heading into the 2025 NFL draft.

Per SNY’s Connor Hughes, Giants general manager Joe Schoen prefers Colorado star Shedeur Sanders over other quarterbacks in this year’s draft class. New York was reportedly even planning to draft Sanders in the second or third round last year if he had declared.

“The talk around league circles has been Sanders,” Hughes wrote. “It’s been that way since before the season ended. The Giants actually had a completed report on Sanders ready if he declared for last year’s draft. He would have been a target in the second or third round.”

The Giants’ fixation with Sanders makes sense given both his talent and the fact that this is a somewhat weak draft class, at least relative to last year’s loaded class. New York is also desperate for a quarterback after benching and eventually releasing Daniel Jones earlier this season.

The Giants ended the season with Drew Lock, Tommy DeVito and Tim Boyle as their three quarterback options. All three will be free agents this offseason.

Sanders was a standout quarterback throughout college, first at Jackson State and then at Colorado the last two years. In his final collegiate season, Sanders threw for 4,134 yards, 37 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. His yards, touchdowns and completions (353) all led the Big 12 in 2024.

Behind another outstanding year from Sanders, the Buffaloes finished 9-4 and were an upset loss to Kansas away from reaching the Big 12 championship and potentially earning a bid to the College Football Playoff.

Perhaps the only major knock against Sanders is that he tends to hold on to the ball too long while trying to make plays. While trying to make something out of a broken play can be a good thing, it led to him being sacked 42 times last year.

His issues with getting the ball out can certainly be corrected, though, and likely won’t have much of an impact on where he goes in the draft.

If the Giants are set on drafting Sanders, they could have to trade up to make it happen.

B/R’s NFL Scouting Department projects Sanders to go to the Tennessee Titans with the No. 1 pick while New York currently has the No. 3 pick in the draft.

Considering how much the Giants seem to like Sanders, they might be willing to give up a lot to move up to the No. 1 spot.