Chris Mara and John Harbaugh led a significant contingent of Giants brass into Ohio State’s pro day on Wednesday to see four possible top 10 picks in April’s NFL Draft.

What stuck out most, even with edge rusher Arvell Reese and wide receiver Carnell Tate doing on-field drills, were Harbaugh’s interactions with inside linebacker Sonny Styles and safety Caleb Downs.

Styles, 21, a 6-5, 244-pound specimen, is a converted safety who lit the NFL Combine on fire in late February. He ran a 4.46 40-yard dash and skied for a 43.5-foot vertical jump to record the top score of this year’s linebacker.

Downs, 21, a 6-foot, 206-pound game wrecker, is an Alabama transfer who disrupts offenses consistently with a high football IQ and a downhill, violent play style.

Both players anchored a national championship Buckeyes defense in 2024. Both players are realistic possible Giants targets with the No. 5 overall pick on April 23.

Harbaugh’s Baltimore Ravens teams prioritized safeties and inside linebackers to anchor his defenses. The Giants’ defense badly needs playmakers who can stop the run and fortify a middle of the field that got gashed for a league-worst 5.3 yards per carry last season.

Stopping the run obviously starts with improving the defensive line, which should happen with better coaching and a defensive tackle selection somewhere in this draft. But adding a new leader to the middle of the field on Dennard Wilson’s defense who brings range, tackling and a strong voice could go a long way.

The Giants are an interesting team at the No. 5 overall pick because they have so many gaps to fill. Corner and offensive guard are both screaming needs on the roster that could supersede the selection of players like Styles and Downs.

An offensive weapon like Tate could be what quarterback Jaxson Dart and offensive coordinator Matt Nagy need most with Malik Nabers rehabbing.

Styles and Downs have been connected to the Giants consistently during the pre-draft process, however. And even though nearly 150 NFL personnel attended Ohio State’s pro day, the size of the Giants’ contingent was noteworthy, including Mara, the team’s senior player personnel executive and board director who has been working as acting owner in the public eye lately.

Director of player personnel Tim McDonnell, GM Joe Schoen and area scout Brendan Prophett were also there.

Downs has battled what he says is misinformation during the pre-draft process.

A report in early March by the ‘X’ account @fakecorykinnan said Downs’ medicals at the NFL Combine had been flagged for a “partially torn meniscus” and a “potentially degenerative ACL.”

Downs jokingly pretended to end his pro day interview when asked about the report, then responded: “I mean, really they already answered it. Pat McAfee put out a statement about it. That’s not what my medical said. So that is what it is. I don’t really know who gave him that information, whoever that dude is. But it is what it is. I’ll just continue to do me. I can’t control that or what people say. So I’m just here.”

Downs also moved well on the field doing football drills on Wednesday as the Giants and numerous other teams looked on.

It’s undoubtedly possible that Harbaugh was envisioning one of these Ohio State standouts playing in Giant blue soon.