{"id":171295,"date":"2026-03-22T14:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/171295\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T14:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:23:12","slug":"report-new-york-giants-to-host-penn-state-ol-nick-dawkins-on-a-pre-draft-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/171295\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: New York Giants to host Penn State OL Nick Dawkins on a pre-draft visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Giants<\/a> are scheduled to host Penn State offensive lineman Nick Dawkins for a pre-draft visit, reports Easton Butler<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dawkins, a redshirt senior center who declared for the 2026 NFL draft in late December, brings extensive experience and strong intangibles to the prospect pool. The 6-foot-4, 305-pound interior lineman from Allentown, Pennsylvania, played in 54 games over his Penn State career, including 28 starts, with all 16 starts coming at center during the 2024 season.<\/p>\n

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In that campaign, he anchored the Nittany Lions’ offensive line, helping facilitate significant rushing and total yardage outputs while allowing only two sacks across the year.<\/p>\n

A team captain in 2024, Dawkins earned honorable mention All-Big Ten recognition from the media, along with prestigious off-field accolades such as the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy for community service and a spot on the AFCA Good Works Team.<\/p>\n

Dawkins’ background includes notable athletic lineage as the son of former NBA champion Darryl Dawkins and cousin to NFL Hall of Famer Brian Dawkins and NBA star Karl-Anthony Towns.<\/p>\n

Dawkins’ blend of size, versatility across the interior line, leadership, and high-character profile makes him an intriguing option for teams seeking depth and reliability on the offensive front.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: New York Giants to host Penn State OL Nick Dawkins on a pre-draft visit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Giants are scheduled to host Penn State offensive lineman Nick Dawkins for a pre-draft visit,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[34086,69967,69966,69965,1555,9,2683,11,10,69964,68002,33485,3909,69968],"class_list":["post-171295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-2026-nfl-draft","tag-allentown","tag-brian-dawkins","tag-darryl-dawkins","tag-karl-anthony-towns","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-giants","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-nick-dawkins","tag-offensive-lineman","tag-penn-state","tag-pennsylvania","tag-redshirt-senior-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}