Joe Schoen "wouldn't doubt" that Travis Hunter can play both ways. He also thinks there will be no "pause" for Abdul Carter's injury check.

The general manager spoke in detail about the two highest-graded prospects, according to most media outlets, during his pre-draft press conference on Wednesday at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center.

Let's start with Hunter, who “stamped” himself in college football history by winning the Heisman Trophy, Bednarik Award, Lott IMPACT Trophy, Biletnikoff Award, and Hornung Award. The final one on that list is given to the most versatile player in college football. Fittingly, he was the first repeat winner in the award's history.

Now comes the question of whether he can play both wide receiver and cornerback in professional football.

"A lot of times, if these guys can't catch or can't play receiver, then they get moved to DB – this guy can do it all," Schoen said. "Also, he's a great kid. It would be hard to keep him off the field. He's motivated to play both ways. Again, you're always worried about the length of the season, with the NFL 17 games, and training camp. If he gets hurt doing something that he's not doing full-time, you're going to kick yourself. But he's a unique athlete that I think will be able to do both."

Hunter has made his intentions clear. He wants to do both.

"The players ask us that all the time," Schoen said. "How do you see me fit with your organization? Travis is a unique individual. Dabs (Brian Daboll) said it at the owners meetings. You've got to watch a lot of plays on him. He's fun to watch. It's unique, the ball skills, the route ability, and also the ability to go to the other side and play corner. You don't see that very often."

Another layer to the debate is the state of the Giants' wide receiver corps and secondary, which they see as strengths.

"We're in a unique position that we have three good receivers and we like our secondary right now," Schoen said. "So our situation will be unique. I would not be afraid to play him on both sides of the ball."

Schoen added: "I think it would be difficult, but he's proven that he can do it and be available. That's the unique part. You're always concerned with these guys. We're looking at the workload and the yardage each day. To me, what will have to be settled is the mental part of it because the offense is very hard to learn. And then the defense on a weekly basis, it's not college anymore where, hey, these are our basic plays, this is our basic defense. We're going to play cover 3 against Kansas. We're going to play cover 3 against Nebraska.

"There's a lot more week-to-week matchup type stuff that our coaches are doing. Just how much can you handle mentally where you can go out there and execute and they can trust you to do your job? Physically, I wouldn't doubt the kid."

Now let's get to Carter, the only player ranked above Hunter on Daniel Jeremiah’s top 50 list.

Carter said at the NFL Scouting Combine that his goal was to go first overall and he was "probably about 90 percent" back from a late-season shoulder injury, which he played through as the Nittany Lions made it to the semifinals of the College Football Playoff.

But that wasn't the only news he made from Indianapolis in late February. A medical check showed a stress reaction in his foot.

Two months later, Schoen doesn't seem concerned.

"We have that meeting tomorrow with (Senior Vice President, Medical Services/Head Athletic Trainer) Ronnie (Barnes) and his crew," Schoen said. "We'll have some more information. We've been in contact. He was here on Friday. It was pretty well reported. He feels good. He's working out. He's running. Didn't even know he had it. He went to the combine, and it was news to him. I don't think there's going to be much room for pause there."

Schoen also won't think twice about potentially adding him to a defensive front that already includes Brian Burns, Kayvon Thibodeaux, and Dexter Lawrence.

"Everybody watched the Super Bowl, right?" Schoen said. "Philly rushed with how many, four the whole game? That's one way to do it. If you think about any of these players that may or may not be in the mix, as a unique player like him that played off the ball for two years and has only played one season off the edge and had a really good season.

"You've got Kayvon, and you've got Burns, you've got Dex inside. It gives you a lot of options. He's a versatile player. He's young, just 21 years old, and an exciting player to watch. Yeah, you can't have enough pass rushers."

But where would he fit?

"We would find a way," he said. "It's no different than with Travis Hunter. You've got a first-round corner, and we just brought in Paulson (Adebo). We've got three receivers – you figure it out. You've got good football players, you figure out."