The Giants selected Wooten in the fourth round.

The Giants then selected Casey Bond in the 25th round.

That is a far cry from what was expected from the 5-foot-10, 250-pound back the Giants selected as the 11th overall pick three years ago.

A 6-foot-3, 256-pound bruiser, Jacobs was the first of the two players the Giants selected on the second day of their leanest draft ever.

The Giants selected two defensive linemen in this year's draft.

At No. 17, the Giants selected running back Tyrone Wheatley of Michigan.

Or that all the wise men were off in suggesting the Giants select a defensive specialist rather than tight end Derek Brown.

The Giants selected the name of Candlestick Park after a name-the-park contest on March 3, 1959.

Fifteen other National Football League teams passed on Brown, who is 6 feet 5 1/2 inches and 225 pounds, before the Giants selected him.

The Giants, who pick 15th in the first round of the draft, could select a tackle who would be inserted immediately into the starting lineup.