New York traded pick No. 38 to Atlanta on April 29, 2022 for…
New York traded pick No. 38 to Atlanta on April 29, 2022 for picks No. 43 and No. 114. The Giants selected Wan'Dale Robinson and Dane Belton. Robinson produced 268 catches for 2,465 yards and nine receiving touchdowns across four Giants seasons before leaving in 2026, while Belton played all 66 regular-season games for New York from 2022 through 2025 with 22 starts, 240 tackles, six interceptions and four sacks. The two-player return gave New York sustained value on both sides of the ball.
Atlanta Falcons Received
- pick 2022 second round pick (#38- Arnold Ebiketie )
New York Giants Received
- pick 2022 second round pick (#43- Wan'Dale Robinson )
- pick 2022 fourth round pick (#114- Dane Belton )
Trade Analysis
The first correction is the date. The trade occurred on April 29, 2022 during the second round of the NFL draft, not in January. Atlanta's official draft recap states that the Falcons sent picks No. 43 and No. 114 to the Giants for pick No. 38, then selected Penn State edge rusher Arnold Ebiketie. The NFL draft trade tracker records the same structure. New York used No. 43 on Kentucky wide receiver Wan'Dale Robinson and No. 114 on Iowa safety Dane Belton.
Robinson gave the Giants four seasons of meaningful offensive production. NFL records show him appearing in 54 regular-season games for New York from 2022 through 2025, with 33 starts. He caught 268 passes for 2,465 yards and nine touchdowns for the Giants, including a 92-catch, 1,014-yard season in 2025. His New York tenure ended after that season, and he joined Tennessee in 2026. TradeVerdicts credits only his Giants production to this transaction, which still represents a substantial receiving return from the No. 43 selection.
Belton supplied a second durable return. He played all 66 regular-season games for New York across the 2022-25 seasons and started 22. Over that span he recorded 240 combined tackles, six interceptions, 16 passes defended and four sacks, with his largest role coming in 2025 when he posted 120 tackles and nine starts. He joined the Jets in 2026, but the four full seasons of Giants availability make the No. 114 pick a significant part of New York's side rather than a throw-in.
Atlanta also received a productive player. Ebiketie appeared in 67 regular-season games for the Falcons from 2022 through 2025, starting 12 and recording 16.5 sacks. His best pass-rushing seasons came in 2023 and 2024, when he recorded six sacks in each year. He left Atlanta after 2025 and joined Philadelphia in 2026. That is good value from an early second-round selection and prevents the move-up from being viewed as a miss.
In hindsight, New York gets the stronger overall grade because the Giants turned one pick into two four-year contributors. Robinson became a high-volume receiver by the end of his tenure, while Belton gave New York continuous defensive and special-teams availability with six interceptions. Ebiketie was a useful pass rusher, but his 16.5 sacks and 12 starts do not outweigh the combined volume and versatility of the Giants' two-player return. An A- for New York and B for Atlanta reflects a clear Giants advantage without treating the Falcons' selection as unsuccessful.