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March 12

OT Jermaine Eluemunor (re-signed)

Now entering his 10th NFL season, Eluemunor has played in 118 regular-season games with 76 starts – 57 at right tackle, 13 at left tackle, and six at right guard – for Baltimore (2017-18), New England (2019-20), Las Vegas (2021-23), and the Giants (2024-25).

Eluemunor's return also marks a reunion with John Harbaugh, whose Ravens originally selected him in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL Draft. He was named to the Pro Football Writers of America All-Rookie Team in his first of two seasons with Baltimore.

Eluemunor, 6-4 and 338 pounds, started all 16 games in which he played for the Giants in 2025. He has provided continuity to a unit that helped pave the way for one of the league's best rushing attacks.

The Giants last season ranked among the top five in rushing touchdowns, rushing yards, rushing first downs, and runs of 10+ yards. Their 22 rushing touchdowns are the third-most in franchise history.

He also blocked for Jaxson Dart and Cam Skattebo, who became the second rookie quarterback and running back duo to score 40+ points each in the same season since 1950. Dart's 2,272 passing yards are the second-most by a Giants rookie while his 487 rushing yards are the most.

In his first season with the Giants in 2024, Eluemunor started the first nine games at right tackle and last six at left tackle in the wake of a season-ending injury to Andrew Thomas. In his final season with Las Vegas in 2023, Eluemunor played in all 17 games with 14 starts, including 12 at right tackle and two at left tackle. In 2022, he started a career-high 17 games – 15 at right tackle and one each at left tackle and right guard. He was part of an offensive line that helped the Raiders rush for 2,059 yards, their highest total since 2011.

March 11

K Jason Sanders (free agent signing)

Sanders has appeared in 116 career regular-season games with the Miami Dolphins, climbing to No. 3 in franchise history with 826 points. His 84.6 field goal percentage is the highest in Dolphins history, minimum 50 attempts, and his 221 field goals are second only to Olindo Mare. Sanders has also made two postseason appearances, converting all three of his field goal attempts with a long of 48 yards.

Sanders missed the entire 2025 season due to a hip injury and was released last week by Miami.

In 2024, Sanders broke the Dolphins record for most consecutive field goals made with 27. The previous mark was 22 in a row, which was also held by Sanders. He made nine consecutive field goals from 50+ yards, the longest streak in the NFL at the time (which is still active for Sanders) and second-longest in team history.

Sanders was named first-team All-Pro in 2020 after setting the Dolphins record with a 92.3 field goal percentage. He also broke the franchise and NFL record with 10 PATs in a single game on Sept. 24, 2023 vs. Denver.

He has been named AFC Special Teams Player of the Month five times while also picking up six weekly awards.

OL Evan Neal (re-signed)

Neal, the seventh overall draft pick in 2022, was set to become an unrestricted free agent.

Neal has started 27 games in the NFL, all at right tackle. The former Alabama All-American has also started two postseason games, which came in his rookie season. Neal did not appear in a game last season after switching positions to right guard.

WR Isaiah Hodgins (re-signed)

Hodgins, 6-3 and 200 pounds, has played 35 of his 38 career games with the Giants and made all 19 starts with them. After beginning his career as a sixth-round draft choice by the Bills in 2020, Hodgins was claimed off waivers by the Giants midway through the 2022 season. The Giants finished with a 9-7-1 record and won their first postseason game since Super Bowl XLVI. Hodgins caught 33 passes for 351 yards and four touchdowns in eight games (five starts) that season with the Giants.

He also started two postseason games and led the Giants with eight catches for 105 yards and a touchdown in a Wild Card victory at Minnesota. He was the first Giants player to eclipse 100 receiving yards in a postseason game since Hakeem Nicks in Super Bowl XLVI.

Overall, Hodgins has 70 career catches for 749 yards and eight touchdowns in 38 games (19 starts) for the Bills (2020-2022) and Giants (2022-2025).

LB Micah McFadden (re-signed)

Originally a fifth-round draft choice by the Giants in 2022, he has played in 48 regular-season games with 36 starts in four seasons. His career numbers include 264 tackles, 26 tackles for loss, 15 quarterback hits, six passes defensed, six sacks, five fumble recoveries, two forced fumbles, and an interception.

McFadden suffered a foot injury in the team's 2025 opener at Washington and missed the rest of the season.

At the time, he was coming off a 2024 campaign in which he finished with a team-leading and career-high 107 tackles (60 solo). He recorded six quarterback hits, a career-high three sacks, one forced fumble, and one fumble recovery. In 2023, he finished third on the team in tackles and tied Tampa Bay's Antoine Winfield, Jr. for the NFL lead with four defensive fumble recoveries. His 12 tackles for loss tied outside linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux for the team lead. As a rookie in 2022, he played in all 17 regular-season games with seven starts.

LB Chris Board (released)

Board played in two games with the Giants last season and recorded three total tackles (two solo) before suffering a season-ending injury.

The linebacker entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Baltimore Ravens, where he played his first four seasons. He then spent the 2022 campaign with the Detroit Lions and the 2023 season with the New England Patriots before re-joining the Ravens in 2024.

In 116 career games, Board has registered 158 tackles (96 solo), five tackles for loss, nine quarterback hits, 3.5 sacks, three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and three passes defensed.

P Jamie Gillan (released)

Gillan spent the last four seasons with the Giants, where he played in 63 games and averaged 45.5 yards on 280 punt attempts, including 105 inside the 20-yard line.

He played his first three years with the Cleveland Browns after signing as an undrafted free agent in 2019. In 44 games across those three seasons, he punted 156 times for 6,999 yards, good for an average of 44.9 yards per punt.

March 10

FB Patrick Ricard (reports: agreed to terms, pending physical)

Ricard originally joined the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2017. Over his nine NFL seasons, all of which he spent in Baltimore with head coach John Harbaugh, the 6-foot-3, 300-pound fullback has been named to six Pro Bowls and was selected as an All-Pro in each of the last three seasons, including first-team All-Pro in 2025.

In 132 career games (66 starts), Ricard has caught 49 passes for 323 yards and seven touchdowns while also taking snaps on special teams. Ricard began his career splitting time between fullback and defensive tackle, so his career stats also include 19 tackles (14 solo), four tackles for loss, three quarterback hits, one sack, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one pass breakup.

Ricard has also played in eight postseason games and has registered an additional four receptions for 37 yards.

Prior to joining the Ravens, Ricard played in 44 games at Maine where he was a defensive tackle. During his collegiate career, he recorded 208 tackles, 47.5 tackles for loss, 18 sacks, 11 passes defensed, three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and two blocked kicks.

CB Art Green (reports: agreed to terms, pending a physical)

Green was a pending exclusive rights free agent, which are players with fewer than three accrued seasons and an expired contract. If the original team offers a one-year contract at the league minimum (based on his credited seasons), the player cannot negotiate with other teams.

The 6-foot-2, 200-pound cornerback has played in 20 games, all for the Giants, after starting his career as an undrafted prospect with the Denver Broncos. He has produced five tackles on defense and added 13 tackles and one forced fumble on special teams.

OLB Caleb Murphy (re-signed)

Murphy, 6-3 and 254 pounds, has played in 19 career games for the Titans (2023-24), Chargers (2024-25), and Patriots (2025). He did not appear in a game with the Giants after joining the team on Dec. 16.

Murphy appeared in 11 games last season with the Chargers (six) and Patriots (five), and registered seven tackles, one quarterback hit, a half-sack, and seven special teams tackles.

Before going undrafted in 2023, he played in 29 games in two seasons at Ferris State (2020-22) after beginning his collegiate career at Grand Valley State (2019). Murphy totaled 156 tackles, 60.5 tackles for loss, 40.0 sacks, and eight forced fumbles at Ferris State and helped the team win consecutive Division II National Championships.

In 2022, his 25.5 sacks set the NCAA single-season record while his 39 tackles for loss tied another mark. Murphy also became the first non-FBS player to win the Ted Hendricks award, given to the nation's top defensive end.

His other honors include the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year, Gene Upshaw Award (D-II Lineman of the Year), and Cliff Harris Award (nation's small college defensive player of the year).

S Ar'Darius Washington (reports: agreed to terms, pending a physical)

The 5-foot-8, 180-pound safety originally joined the Baltimore Ravens after going undrafted in 2021. He spent the last five seasons with the Ravens where he played 29 games with 11 starts and totaled 85 tackles (56 solo), seven tackles for loss, three sacks, seven quarterback hits, two forced fumbles, two interceptions and 10 passes defensed.

Most of his career stats came during the 2024 campaign when he played in all 17 games and made 10 starts for Baltimore. He finished the season with 64 tackles (45 solo), five tackles for loss, one sack, two QB hits, one forced fumble, two interceptions, and eight pass breakups.

Washington had a successful collegiate career at TCU before joining the Ravens. As a redshirt freshman in 2019, he recorded five interceptions in 12 games on his way to being named the Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year along with a Freshman All-American by the Football Writers Association of America. Washington and teammate Trevon Moehrig, now with the Carolina Panthers, combined to form one of the nation's top safety duos in 2020.

CB Greg Newsome II (reports: agreed to terms, pending a physical)

The 6-foot, 192-pound cornerback has played in 71 games with 58 starts for the Cleveland Browns (2021-2025) and Jacksonville Jaguars (2025), and has totaled 207 tackles (163 solo), six tackles for loss, two quarterback hits, one sack, four interceptions (one of which he returned for a touchdown), and 43 passes defensed.

Originally the 26th overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, Newsome started 11 games for the Browns as a rookie. He finished his first NFL season with nine pass breakups and was named to the Pro Football Writers of America All-Rookie Team.

His best overall campaign was in 2023 when he played in 14 games (13 starts) for Cleveland and registered career-highs in interceptions (two), passes defensed (14) and tackles for loss (four).

In early October of 2025, Newsome was traded to the Jaguars, where he went on to play 12 games (11 starts) and recorded 29 tackles (23 solo), one interception and six passes defensed.

Prior to being drafted, Newsome played three seasons at Northwestern from 2018-2020. In 15 games over his final two seasons with the Wildcats, the young corner totaled 20 pass breakups. Newsome was named first-team All-Big Ten as a junior in 2020.

S Anthony Johnson Jr. (waived)

The Giants claimed Johnson off waivers after the young safety was cut by the Packers at the end of training camp in 2024. He went on to play in nine games for the Giants that season, primarily on special teams, and finished the year with five total tackles (two solo) and one pass breakup. Johnson spent the entire 2025 campaign on injured reserve.

Originally a seventh round pick (No. 242 overall) of the Packers in 2023, Johnson played in 12 games with four starts for Green Bay as a rookie and registered 24 tackles (18 solo), one interception and three passes defensed.

March 9

LB Tremaine Edmunds (reports: agreed to terms, pending a physical)

Edmunds, who made two Pro Bowls with the Bills in 2019 and 2020, was released last week by Chicago, where he spent the past three seasons.

Edmunds has started 119 games over eight NFL seasons, recording 900 total tackles (43 for loss), 14 interceptions (one of which he returned for a touchdown), 59 passes defensed, 24 quarterback hits, 8.5 sacks, four forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries.

The 6-foot-4, 251-pound linebacker has amassed 100+ tackles in every season played. He also became the youngest player in NFL history to reach 100 career games played.

The Bills originally drafted the Virginia Tech product with the No. 16 overall pick in 2018. Joe Schoen, general manager of the Giants, held the assistant GM role at the time in Buffalo.

Edmunds has 10 games of postseason experience, starting each of them and racking up 84 total tackles, nine passes defensed, five quarterback hits, two tackles for loss, one fumble recovery, and one sack.

Last week, the Giants released linebacker Bobby Okereke, who was voted a captain in each of his three seasons with the franchise.

TE Isaiah Likely (reports: agreed to terms, pending a physical)

Likely, 6-4 and 245 pounds, spent his first four seasons with John Harbaugh and the Baltimore Ravens. Originally a fourth-round draft choice, he has 135 receptions for 1,568 yards and 15 touchdowns in 63 career regular-season games (26 starts). Likely has also appeared in five postseason games, where he has two touchdown catches.

Likely appeared in 14 games (six starts) for Baltimore in 2025, totaling 27 catches for 307 yards and a touchdown. He blocked for an offense that ranked No. 1 in the NFL in yards per rush (5.3), No. 2 in rushing yards per game (156.6), and No. 3 in rushing touchdowns (23). The Ravens also ranked No. 7 in yards per play (5.8) and No. 11 in points per game (24.9). In 2024, he caught a career-high six touchdowns and became the second-fastest Ravens tight end (34 games) to reach double-digit receiving scores in a career, behind only Mark Andrews (28 games).

He was part of a tight end room that produced a league-high 18 combined receiving touchdowns and contributed to an offense that ranked No. 1 in the NFL in yards per game (424.9), yards per play (6.8 – third-best single-season mark in NFL history), yards per rush (5.7 – best mark in single-season NFL history), and red zone efficiency (74.2%). Baltimore was also No. 3 in points per game (30.5), while setting a franchise single-season record with 7,224 net yards.

In 2022, the Coastal Carolina product became the first rookie tight end in Ravens history to post a touchdown grab in back-to-back games.

P Jordan Stout (reports: agreed to terms, pending a physical)

Another fourth-round pick in the Ravens' 2022 draft class, Stout was named first-team All-Pro while also making his first Pro Bowl in 2025.

Stout ranked No. 1 in the NFL in net punting average (44.9) and No. 3 in gross punting average (50.1) last season. He has appeared in all 68 games over four seasons with exactly 100 punts downed inside the 20. In 2023, he set a franchise record with an average 47.8 yards per punt.

March 6

WR Gunner Olszewski (re-signed)

Olszewski appeared in 16 games for the Giants last season, where he primarily played on special teams. The 29-year-old returned 24 punts for 216 yards (9.0 avg.) and 26 kickoffs for 682 yards (26.2 avg.). In limited snaps on offense, Olszewski had 10 receptions for 145 yards and a touchdown. He also threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to quarterback Jameis Winston on a trick play against the Lions. After heading into the 2025 season finale with just 17 career receptions for 223 yards, Olszewski caught eight passes for 102 yards in the Week 18 win over the Cowboys.

Olszewski was brought back during training camp last year after spending the entire 2024 campaign on injured reserve. He played 10 games with the Giants in 2023 and was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week after his 94-yard punt return touchdown in Week 17. It was the second longest punt return in Giants history and the longest in 95 years. In his 10 games with the Giants that season, Olszewski returned 23 punts for 273 yards (11.9 avg.) and the touchdown.

Olszewski began his career as an undrafted free agent with the New England Patriots. He spent his first three seasons there and was named first-team All-Pro in 2020 after leading the NFL with a 17.3-yard punt return average, which also set a new Patriots record. He then joined the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he played in 18 games across the 2022 and 2023 campaigns before joining the Giants midseason.

OT James Hudson III (released)

Hudson, who signed as a free agent a year ago, appeared in 11 games and made two starts at left tackle at the beginning of his first and only season with the Giants. A former fourth-round draft choice by the Browns in 2021, Hudson has played in 60 career games with 19 starts. He missed the majority of the 2024 season after suffering a shoulder injury.

March 4

LB Bobby Okereke (released)

The Giants released linebacker Bobby Okereke, who was voted a captain in each of his three seasons with the franchise. Originally a third-round pick by the Colts in 2019, Okereke signed with the Giants as a free agent in 2023 and started all but five games during his tenure with New York. Okereke finished the 2025 season with 143 tackles, the fourth-most ever by a Giant. He is the only player in franchise history to post 140+ total tackles in multiple seasons.

Okereke was the 2025 club winner of the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award, which recognizes players for excellence on and off the field.

Including his four years in Indianapolis, Okereke has played in 110 games with 95 starts. His career totals include 794 tackles (34 for loss), 36 passes defensed, 11 forced fumbles, eight fumble recoveries, 7.5 sacks, and seven interceptions. A back injury caused Okereke to miss the final five games of the 2024 season, a year after he played 100 percent of the Giants' defensive snaps.

2026 NFL Free Agency Questions & Answers

Q. When does the 2026 free agency signing period begin?

A. At 4:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 11.

Q. When is the two-day negotiating period for potential unrestricted free agents?

A. From 12:00 p.m. ET on Monday, March 9 until 3:59:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 11, clubs are permitted to contact and enter into contract negotiations with the certified agents of players who will become unrestricted free agents upon expiration of their 2025 player contracts at 4:00 p.m. ET on March 11. The two-day negotiating period applies only to prospective unrestricted free agents. It does not apply to players who have received, or who may receive, a required tender applicable to the 2026 League Year (e.g., exclusive rights players, restricted free agents, franchise players or transition players).

Q. What are the categories of free agency?

A. Players are either "restricted free agents" or "unrestricted free agents." A restricted free agent may be subject to a "qualifying offer." A restricted or unrestricted free agent may be designated by his prior club as its franchise player or transition player.

Q. What is the time period for free agency signings this year?

A. For restricted free agents, from March 11 to April 17.

For unrestricted free agents who have received a tender from their prior club by the Monday immediately following the final day of the NFL Draft for the 2026 League Year (i.e., April 27), from March 11 to July 22 (or the first scheduled day of the first NFL training camp, whichever is later).

For franchise players, from March 11 until the Tuesday following Week 10 of the regular season, November 17.

For transition players, from March 11 until July 22. After July 22 and until 4 p.m. ET on the Tuesday following Week 10 of the regular season, November 17, the prior club has exclusive negotiating rights to unrestricted free agents and transition players. If the above-listed players do not sign by November 17, they must sit out the season.

Q. What is the difference between a restricted free agent and an unrestricted free agent?

A. In the 2026 league year, players with three accrued seasons who have received a qualifying offer become restricted free agents when their contracts expire at the conclusion of the 2025 league year on March 11. Unrestricted free agents have completed four or more accrued seasons. Upon expiration of his 2025 contract, an unrestricted free agent is free to sign with any club with no draft-choice compensation owed to his old club.

Q. What constitutes an "accrued season"?

A. Six or more regular season games on a club's active/inactive, reserve/injured or reserve/physically unable to perform lists.

Q. How do the free agency rules apply to restricted free agents?

A. If a player with three accrued seasons has received a "qualifying offer" (a salary tender predetermined by the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the league and its players) from his old club, he can negotiate with any club through April 17. If the restricted free agent signs an offer sheet with a new club, his old club can match the offer and retain him because the qualifying offer entitles it to a "right of first refusal" on any offer sheet the player signs. If the old club does not match the offer, it may receive draft-choice compensation depending on the amount of its qualifying offer. If an offer sheet is not executed on or before April 17, the player's negotiating rights revert exclusively to his old club. In addition, prior to the start of free agency a player who would otherwise be a restricted free agent may be designated by his old club as its franchise player or transition player.

Q. What are the right of first refusal/qualifying offer amounts for players who have completed three accrued seasons?

A. For right of first refusal only, a one-year salary of at least $3,520,000.

For right of first refusal and compensation at the player's original draft round, a one-year salary of at least $3,674,000 or 110 percent of the 2025 Paragraph 5 salary, whichever is greater.

For right of first refusal and compensation of one second-round draft selection, a one-year salary of at least $5,767,000 or 110 percent of the 2025 Paragraph 5 salary, whichever is greater.

For right of first refusal and compensation of one first-round draft selection, a one-year salary of at least $8,046,000 or 110 percent of the 2025 Paragraph 5 salary, whichever is greater.

For right of first refusal and compensation of only one first-round draft selection, but any provision in the new club's offer sheet waiving or limiting the new club's ability to designate the player as a franchise or transition player is not a principal term and need not be matched by the prior club, a one-year salary of at least $8,546,000 or 110 percent of the 2025 Paragraph 5 salary, whichever is greater.

Q. What determines an unrestricted free agent?

A. A player with four or more accrued seasons whose contract has expired. He is free to sign with any club, with no draft-choice compensation owed to his old club, through July 22 (or the first scheduled day of the first NFL training camp, whichever is later). At that point, his negotiating rights revert exclusively to his old club if by April 27 the old club tendered the player a one-year contract for 110 percent of his prior year's salary. His old club then has until the Tuesday following Week 10 of the regular season (November 17) to sign him. If he does not sign by that date, he must sit out the season. If no tender is offered by April 27, the player can be signed by any club at any time throughout the season.

Q. What determines a franchise player?

A. The salary offer by a player's club determines what type of franchise player he is: exclusive or non-exclusive.

An "exclusive" franchise player – not free to sign with another club – is offered the greater of (i) the average of the top five salaries at the player's position for the current year as of the end of the restricted free agent signing period on April 17; or (ii) the amount of the required tender for a non-exclusive franchise player, as explained below.

Article 10, Section 2(a)(i) of the CBA sets forth the methodology, known as the "Cap Percentage Average," for calculating the required tender for a non-exclusive franchise player:

The Nonexclusive Franchise Tender shall be a one year NFL Player Contract for (A) the average of the five largest Prior Year Salaries for players at the position . . . at which the Franchise Player participated in the most plays during the prior League Year, which average shall be calculated by: (1) summing the amounts of the Franchise Tags for players at that position for the five preceding League Years; (2) dividing the resulting amount by the sum of the Salary Caps for the five preceding League Years . . . ; and (3) multiplying the resulting percentage by the Salary Cap for the upcoming League Year . . . (the "Cap Percentage Average") . . . ; or (B) 120% of his Prior Year Salary, whichever is greater . . . .

If a club extends a required tender to a "non-exclusive" franchise player pursuant to this section, the player shall be permitted to negotiate a player contract with any club, except that draft-choice compensation of two first-round draft selections shall be made in the event he signs with a new club.

Q. How many franchise players and transition players can a team designate each season?

A. A club can designate one franchise player or one transition player among its potential restricted or unrestricted free agents.

Q. Can a club decide to withdraw its franchise or transition designation on a player?

A. Yes. A club can withdraw its franchise or transition designation, and the player then automatically becomes an unrestricted free agent, either immediately if the tender is withdrawn after the start of the 2026 League Year, or when his 2025 contract expires if the tender is withdrawn before the start of the 2026 League Year.

Q. What is the salary cap for 2026?

A. The salary cap is $301,200,000 per club.

Q. When must teams be in compliance with the salary cap?

A. At the start of the 2026 League Year, which begins at 4:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 11.

Q. If a team is under the salary cap at the end of a given season, can the team "carry over" room to the next season?

A. Yes. A team may carry over room from one league year to the following league year by submitting notice to the NFL prior to 4:00 p.m. ET on the day following the team's final regular-season game, indicating the amount of room that the club wishes to carry over.

Q. What is the maximum amount of room that a club can carry over?

A. A club can carry over 100 percent of its remaining 2025 room to its adjusted salary cap for 2026.