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Giants Practice Squad and Waiver Wire Tracker

With cuts to 53 complete, New York still has to navigate the waiver wire and assemble its practice squad — and there's no guarantee the players they want will still be available.
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The New York Giants will now build their practice squad and tweak their roster.
The New York Giants will now build their practice squad and tweak their roster. | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

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Trimming the 90-man roster to 53 was the “easy” part for the New York Giants—if you want to call it that.

Now comes the tricky part: assembling the 16-man practice squad—17 if a team has an International Pathway Program (IPP) player on its roster—while also waiting to see which waiver wire claims were successful.  

Why is it tricky? Because there are no guarantees that the players the Giants want will pass through waivers or, for that matter, accept an offer to return to the practice squad.

Here is a list of the Giants players who were put on waivers:

  • DL Anquin Barnes Jr.
  • DL Ben Barten
  • DL Zaach Pickens
  • S Beau Brade
  • S J.T. Woods
  • WR Dalen Cambre
  • WR Xavier Gipson
  • WR Jalin Hyatt
  • WR Kobe Prentice
  • FB Grant Finley
  • OLB Caleb Murphy
  • OLB Trace Ford
  • RB Damon Bankston
  • RB Eric Gray
  • OL Ryan Schernecke
  • OL Jarrod Gray
  • OL Jake Kubas
  • QB Jake Haener
  • LB Chandler Martin
  • LB Darius Muasau
  • LB Anfernee Orji

Projected Practice Squad Candidates

As we wait for news to trickle in, here is our projected list of players we believe will land with the Giants once the dust settles:

  1. FB Grant Finley
  2. RB Damon Bankston  
  3. DT Zacch Pickens 
  4. DL Joshu Tupou 
  5. IOL Jake Kubas  
  6. WR Dalen Cambre
  7. QB Jake Haener  
  8. OLB Caleb Murphy
  9. OT Ryan Schernecke
  10. S Raheem Layne
  11. DB Beau Brade
  12. DL Ben Barten
  13. OT Jarrod Gray (IPP exemption)

Keep it here as we track the various practice squad reports and the roster-churning activity expected today.

Practice Squad Additions

These names have all been confirmed and are official.

  1. WR Braxton Berrios (veteran)
  2. DL Ben Barten
  3. WR Dalen Cambre
  4. FB Grant Finley
  5. OLB Trace Ford
  6. OT Jarrod Gray (International)
  7. QB Jake Haener
  8. WR Jalin Hyatt (veteran)
  9. DB Raheem Lane
  10. LB Chandler Martin
  11. OT Ryan Schernecke
  12. DL Josh Tupou (veteran)
  13. CB J.T. Woods

Waiver Wire Pickups

The Giants were not among the teams who were awarded any waiver claims and reportedly did not put in any claims following the 53-man cutdown.

And of the Giants players who were part of the 53-man cuts, only inside linebacker/special teams player Darius Muasau was claimed off waivers (by New England).

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Patricia Traina
PATRICIA TRAINA

Patricia Traina has covered the New York Giants for 30+ seasons, and her work has appeared in multiple media outlets, including The Athletic, Forbes, Bleacher Report, and the Sports Illustrated media group. As a credentialed New York Giants press corps member, Patricia has also covered five Super Bowls (three featuring the Giants), the annual NFL draft, and the NFL Scouting Combine. She is the author of The Big 50: The Men and Moments that Made the New York Giants. In addition to her work with New York Giants On SI, Patricia hosts the Locked On Giants podcast. Patricia is also a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and the Football Writers Association of America.

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