WATCH: Eli Apple's mom drops off her son for his first Giants practice

Mother of Giants' first-round pick says 'you only get one first day of OTAs'

By Sean Wagner-McGough

Jun 23, 2016 at 2:18 pm ET • 1 min read

Eli Apple's career with the Giants began the same way his youth football career started: a car ride with his mom. His mom, Annie Apple, dropped him off for his first Giants practice earlier this offseason.

Luckily, video footage from that day emerged on Twitter on Thursday. Those videos feature a super-stoked Annie Apple and an in-a-hurry Eli Apple.

"This is Eli's first day," Annie Annie says in the first video.

"We gotta go," Eli Apple replies.

Undeterred, Annie Apple points out the security guard stationed in front of the Giants facility.

Eli's first day as a NY Giants😊. It's hard to turn off the mommy meter at these pivotal moments. Corny & proud. #tbt pic.twitter.com/uA3WpoxAFA
— Annie Apple (@SurvivinAmerica) June 23, 2016

The mommy meter didn't turn off.

#tbt Eli reporting for OTAs. #MommyCam pic.twitter.com/leSRYeJqgk
— Annie Apple (@SurvivinAmerica) June 23, 2016

Eli Apple still didn't look happy, which wasn't lost on his mom.

Eli's First day of OTAs finale. I've been doing this since youth football. #tbt #MommyCam #GoGiants pic.twitter.com/FwJmHO6v8j
— Annie Apple (@SurvivinAmerica) June 23, 2016

Annie Apple's reason for dropping off her son makes sense, even if Eli Apple didn't appear to be pleased. As she wrote in a series of Tweets, "We enjoy these important life moments as a family. You only get one first day of OTAs. Plus we're close by. So yay."

Apple, the 10th overall pick, is expected to shore up a Giants secondary that was gouged for nearly 300 passing yards per game last year, the lowest average in the entire league. That's not so yay.