New York Giants: 2016 Rookies progress report

With one season under their belts, where does the New York Giants 2016 rookie class stand heading into 2017?

The past couple of weeks have been filled with projections regarding the 2017 New York Giants rookie and undrafted free agent classes. That all starts with what these players have been doing at OTAs and what they’ll be doing at mandatory minicamp. But at this time last year, what headlines were the 2016 rookie and undrafted free agent class making?

At this time in 2016, Ed Valentine published a Big Blue View article on the Giants 2016 headlines heading into the mandatory minicamp. His top headlines were as follows:

• Sterling Shepard’s rave reviews.
• Paul Perkins’ quest to catch up with the rest of the rookie class after missing OTAs due to his graduation.
• The battle between Darian Thompson and Nat Berhe for the backup safety position.
• Jerell Adams’ catching inconsistencies.
• B.J. Goodson’s role he would play at linebacker.
• Donte Deayon’s impressive OTAs, which included a handful of interceptions.

For good or bad reasons, the focus was placed on those Giants rookies and “newbies” for a reason. Now one year later, staring straight down the barrel of the New York Giants’ 2017 mandatory mini-camp, how are these names faring?