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Report: Wan'Dale Robinson to Make 2023 Season Debut

Robinson could provide some help with the Giants' rushing game with Saquon Barkley sidelined.
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Report: Wan'Dale Robinson to Make 2023 Season Debut
Report: Wan'Dale Robinson to Make 2023 Season Debut

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New York Giants second-year receiver Wan'Dale Robinson will reportedly make his 2023 regular-season debut for the team in tonight's game against the San Francisco 49ers.

Robinson tore his ACL in Week 11 last year in a game that saw him post his first 100-yard receiving performance. He spent all of the off-season and summer on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list but passed his physical just before the Giants made their roster cuts from 90 to 53.

The 22-year-old has spent the time since ramping up to get back into football shape. Robinson told Giants Country two weeks ago that he was feeling good and not even thinking about his surgically repaired knee, in which he added that he was growing increasingly confident with its ability to hold up.

Robinson's return would give the Giants an interesting addition to their offense's arsenal. In his three-year college career (two seasons at Nebraska, one at Kentucky), Robinson rushed 141 times for 691 yards and four touchdowns, a 49 yards per carry average.

With the Giants running game missing Saquon Barkley this week due to his sprained ankle, Robinson could be an option to see a few snaps out of the backfield if he does indeed play, a role that the team was thought to be planning for receiver Parris Campbell, who has yet to have a rushing attempt this season out of the backfield.

If Robinson were to be activated, that would potentially give the Giants six healthy receivers--Robinson, Campbell, Sterling Shepard, Isaiah Hodgins, Darius Slayton, and Jalin Hyatt--for the game unless one was deactivated.

Although head coach Brian Daboll said that they can have all the receivers active (which by rule they can), the odds that they carry all six on the roster aren't very good if one considers that only Campbell, Hodgins, and Slayton have contributed so far this season on special teams.

With Hyatt unlikely to be inactive, that could mean Shepard, who fielded a punt for the Giants in the preseason, ends up as the odd man out if the Giants need the roster spot for another position.

 

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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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