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Giants rookie Geremy Davis 'always hungry', per former coach
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Giants rookie Geremy Davis 'always hungry', per former coach

Published May. 6, 2015 10:03 a.m. ET

When the New York Giants selected University of Connecticut wide receiver Geremy Davis in the sixth round, many draft analysts rolled their eyes at the pick. In an extremely deep wide receiver class, Davis had earned an "undrafted" grade from several outlets that covered the draft. 

But the Giants don't draft according to how other teams or analysts might rank the prospects. In their process, Davis ranked ahead of any other prospect when it was their turn to pick in the sixth round.

According to Davis' former offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach T.J. Weist, the Giants will be getting a wide receiver prospect who is always working on improving his craft.

"Even up until [Sunday] he sent me a video of one of his workouts and he wanted me to critique it for him," Weist told Desmond Conner of the Hartford Courant.

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"I evaluated [the video] for him and told him what I thought about his routes and techniques and stuff, and he kind of said it was the same thing he thought," Weist said. "He's always looking for improvement. That's the best thing about Geremy."

With coach Weist in 2013, Davis had a breakout season racking up 1,085 yards and three touchdowns on 71 receptions through 12 games. Davis did this with three different quarterbacks and two head coaches. In 2014, Davis compiled just 521 yards and three touchdowns on 44 receptions and missed two games with an injury.

The Giants are betting on Davis returning to his 2013 form. Weist believes that he has the drive to get him back there.

"Geremy is hungry," Weist said. "And when I say hungry, I'm talking about guys who will work. Guys who will truly work on their own, work at their craft, because when you get to the league, that's the best talent in the world and the best ones work harder than anybody. If you don't have that work ethic, you don't have that hunger, you're going to get left behind. There's so many examples of great athletes who get left behind because the game doesn't mean enough to them, and they don't work hard enough or work hard in the offseason, but I truly believe Geremy Davis has that hunger and fire and love of the game to succeed."

Davis could step in as a core special teams player at first, but there is upside for him to become a part of the offense going forward.

(h/t Hartford Courant)

Photo Credit: Glenn Andrews/USA TODAY Sports

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