Giants rookie minicamp: UDFA PK Dominic Zvada off to strong start

Bustin’ out the Hood celebration

Second-round pick **Colton Hood** made the play of the day on Saturday, ripping a pass away from tryout running back Miles Davis for an interception. “I just broke on the ball and made a play,” Hood said. He didn’t want to but Hood ended up breaking the ‘Hood’ celebration he has become known for at the urging of defensive backs coach Addison Lynch. “It’s practice. I’m not really going to celebrate on my teammates. It’s definitely going to come out when the season starts, for sure,” Hood said. Harbaugh said of Hood that he “loved him in press” and thought he “looked really good.”

‘Real strong’ start for Malachi Fields

Third-round pick **Malachi Fields** was a favorite target of the tryout quarterbacks aiming to impress on Saturday. “You see him on those slants today,” Harbaugh gushed. “He made every catch yesterday. Made one high catch over top of a corner one time. “Real strong. It’s a good start for him.”

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A natural

Harbaugh thought 10th overall pick **Sisi Mauigoa** had a “fantastic” day. “Looked like a natural at guard,” Harbaugh said. “Sometimes things happen a little quicker. You’ve got to get out of your stance a little quicker. We’ll see when the pads come on. That’ll be another thing for him. Just seeing him go on their guard for the first time, I thought he looked really good. Looked like he’d been doing it his whole life.

Something in the way he moves

No. 5 overall pick Arvell Reese showed the Giants what they hoped to see over the past two days. “You saw it on tape or you saw it at the workout at Ohio State. When you see it in person in your setting it’s more,” Harbaugh said. “I thought he moved well. He’s 6-4 plus. About 240 some pounds. Yet, he moves like a smaller guy. He moves his feet. He can flip his hips. Very natural looking mover off the ball. Which was something we saw on tape. Now we saw it on the practice field. So we feel better about it.” Harbaugh was also impressed with how well Reese handled his assignments. “Picks things up really quick. Very serious minded. Very diligent about the assignments,” Harbaugh said “I don’t think he got one assignment wrong throughout the two days.”

Lookin’ good at defensive tackle

The Giants have been active since the draft in adding to their defensive tackle room. They have signed D.J. Reader, Shelby Harris and Leki Potu, and claimed Zacch Pickens off waivers. The position was a concern coming out of the draft. “I’m very happy about it. I felt like it was part of our process. It’s not that we wouldn’t have drafted a defensive tackle or signed one sooner if they had become available or kept Dexter [Lawrence] if that was something we could do. Those were all things that were on the table,” Harbaugh said. “But as it went, I thought we did a good job of kind of responding to the situation as it unfolded. And now we feel really good about our group in there. Our room looks good to me. I’m excited about it. “I think we’ve got the guys we need.”

More notes

• Harbaugh wants to make the Giants bigger, stronger, and more physical. Tryout guard Guy Gilyard might be taking that to an extreme. Out of East Stroudsburg, Gilyard is listed at 6-foot-8, 410 pounds.
• There was confusion over whether offensive tackle Dodji Dahoue was a signed UDFA or a tryout player. He is a tryout player, though listed incorrectly on the roster handed out to media.
• The Giants did some 11-on-11 work Saturday, and drafted players did participate. That is a change from the Brian Daboll era, when drafted players did not work during team periods in rookie minicamp. “we’ve always done that,” Harbaugh said. “I feel like rookie mini camp is a chance to prepare these guys, all the guys, for what’s next.