Sad, but true — from the moment a player is selected in the NFL Draft, there are Thots and groupies ready to prey on him.

Well, one NFL rookie's mama ain't having it. Not on her watch.

Three days after the New York Giants tabbed cornerback Eli Apple with the 10th overall selection in the Draft on Thursday night, his mom, Annie, took to her Twitter account to issue the following warning to any curvy lurkers trying to get a piece of her son on social.

Damn, IG models better fall all the way back. Trust... you would hate to get screen shot by this protective mama.

Eli already knows all too well, re-tweeting his mom's comment and posting:

Something tells us that young Eli Apple won't be a problem for the Giants off the field at all.

But his mom might be, for any woman who tries her. You've been warned.

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