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Report: Giants Agree to Terms with ex-Saints Cornerback Paulson Adebo

The Giants get on the board by addressing a glaring need on defense.

Patricia Traina

Sep 8, 2024; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Saints cornerback Paulson Adebo (29) heads to the locker room after the game against the Carolina Panthers at Caesars Superdome.
Sep 8, 2024; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Saints cornerback Paulson Adebo (29) heads to the locker room after the game against the Carolina Panthers at Caesars Superdome. / Stephen Lew-Imagn Images
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The New York Giants, needing veteran leadership at cornerback, have reportedly made their first free agent acquisition of 2025 by agreeing to terms with former Saints cornerback Paulson Adebo.

NFL Network's Mike Garafolo reported that Adebo's deal is worth $18 million per year with $36 million fully guaranteed.

Adebo, 25 years old, was a 2021 third-round draft pick by the Saints out of Stanford. Standing 6-foot-1 and 192 pounds, he has appeared in 52 career games with 51 starts and has 254 career tackles (209 solo), 10 interceptions, and 43 pass breakups.

Adebo, who took over the Saints CB1 job from Marshown Lattimore in 2023, missed 10 games last season due to a broken leg.

Adebo was ranked as Pro Football Network’s 23rd top free agent (out of 121) and deemed a “medium” risk after coming off his injury-shortened season.

“He is coming off a season in which he allowed just a 71.9 passer rating against and had three interceptions. The year before, he allowed a 62.7 passer rating and intercepted four passes on 100 targets,” PFN noted. 

Last season, Adebo finished third on the Saints in penalties with 11 (nine accepted, six for defensive pass interference, and three for defensive holding) for 106 yards, resulting in seven first downs for the opposing offenses. 

Adebo was ranked No. 86 on Pro Football Focus’s list of the top 200 players. Adebo, whom PFF compared to Alterraun Verner from 2014, had a 19.3% forced incompletion rate.

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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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