"The Giants could not believe their luck. They did not go into the first round of the NFL Draft last night thinking cornerback, but they sure changed their minds when their selection came around at No. 19 and sitting there, shockingly, was Prince Amukamara, the highly-regarded cornerback from Nebraska. It was widely believed Amukamara would be gone well before the Giants' turn came up and, even though the position was not a glaring need, it was simply too much value to pass up. And so, with the top running back in the draft, Mark Ingram of Alabama, still on the board, and a quality left tackle, Anthony Castonzo of Boston College, also available, the Giants trusted their draft board and happily took Amukamara. "[We were] really surprised he was there when we picked," general manager Jerry Reese said. "We thought he'd get picked a lot higher than that. It happens like that sometimes in the draft, a guy can fall right in your lap." Coach Tom Coughlin said Amukamara was "clearly the highest-rated player we could take on the board," meaning it wasn't an especially difficult decision. "Where he was ranked, there wasn't any question that this player should be on the New York Giants," Coughlin said. The savvy fans at Radio City Music Hall chanted "We want Prince" when it was time for the Giants to pick, even though there was barely any buzz about him coming to the Giants in the weeks leading up to the draft. Most draft experts had Amukamara (pronounced "ah-moo-kuh-mare-uh") in the top dozen prospects. But past the midway point of the first round, he still was there and admitted "I definitely had a Brady Quinn flashback," alluding to the Notre Dame quarterback plummeted in the first round in 2007. "I was very surprised that I lasted all the way to 19 just because I thought other teams needed a corner that had earlier picks," said Amukamara, who added his pre-draft contact with the Giants was minimal. "I never worked out for them, I never visited here, they never really contacted me."" Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/giants/nebraska_prince_slips_to_big_blue_8wRAMW6yrVHbg7ilZMR1AP
