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1:05From NFL Draft To Playoffs: New York Giants
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11:40Biggest Questions Facing the NFC East Post-Draft
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1:12Best Offseason Moves: Giants
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1:59Giants Take Arvell Reese and Francis Mauigoa With 5th & 10th Overall Picks
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0:562026 NFL Draft Grades: Giants Select Arvell Reese No. 5
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1:51Breaking Down the Strength of the 2026 NFL Draft Class
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1:17Ohio State's Next Man Up: Christian Alliegro
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1:21Giants' Draft Strategy With Two Top-10 Picks
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10:37Best Team Fits For NFL Draft Prospects
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1:10Arvell Reese Is The Best Fit For Giants At No. 5
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55:06Ryan Wilson's Final 2026 NFL Mock Draft
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2:11NFL Draft Interview: Ohio State Linebacker Arvell Reese
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0:51Five Players To Trade Up For: Arvell Reese
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12:10Breaking Down Bryant McFadden's Mock Draft Trades
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40:07Who They Should Take NFL Mock Draft
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26:07NFL Draft Smokescreen Season
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1:38Odds Shift Back In Favor Of Arvell Reese At No. 2 For The Jets
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40:05NFL Insider Jonathan Jones Releases Mock Draft
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1:22Jonathan Jones Mock Draft: Jets With Edge Rusher Decision Between David Bailey & Arvell Reese
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0:59Jonathan Jones Mock Draft: Cardinals Looking To Trade Out Of No. 3 Pick
Draft Scouting Report
Pro Comparison: Will Anderson Jr.
Summary
The amoebic front sevens in the NFL have made talents like Reese all the more valuable in recent years. His ability to wear any hat on any down gives defensive coordinators incredible flexibility when calling plays. At only 20 years old, Reese is just scratching the surface of what he’ll become.
About
- 2025: Consensus All-American
- 2025: 69 tackles, 6.5 sacks, 10.0 TFL (all top-three on Ohio State)
Strengths
- Doesn’t shy from contact; wants to go through linemen.
- Special range to track down ball carriers.
- Versatile body type that can bridge the gap between edge and off-ball.
Weaknesses
- Fewer than 140 career pass-rushing snaps, with most coming as a blitzer.
- Very few pass-rush moves to speak of.
- Not a true edge-bender to take advantage of his first step.
Combine Data
- 40-yard dash: 4.46 seconds
Top Arvell Reese News
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Giants' Arvell Reese: Drafted by Giants
The Giants selected Reese in the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft, fifth overall.
Reese (6-foot-4, 241 pounds) is a high-upside prospect who has not yet fully arrived, but the confirmed details on Reese to this point are highly encouraging. Although it's not perfectly clear yet how he'll apply at the NFL level, there is sound reason to suspect that Reese will be one of the more uniquely productive defenders in the league not long from now. Reese won't turn 21 until August 30, yet last year he consistently stood out in an Ohio State defense overrun with star-level talent. With 4.46 speed and freaky range, Reese shows an uncommon amount of upside in all phases of linebacker play, which almost gets held against him since pass rush is valued so much more than off-ball run defense in the front seven. That Reese looks obviously capable as an off-ball linebacker isn't to say that he can't develop into a straightforward 3-4 edge rusher for the Giants in due time, and it's worth keeping that in mind because Reese's positional ambiguity is sooner due to being good at too many things than it is specific doubt over his ability to do any given thing. With the raw materials Reese possesses there's very little that he can't do.
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Player Bio
| HT/WT: 6-4, 243 lbs |
| Birthplace: Cleveland, OH |
| Age: 20 |