The New York Giants added tight end Ryan Izzo to their practice squad. The team terminated the contract of wide receiver Damion Willis to make room on the 16-man practice squad roster.
Izzo, 6-5 and 255 pounds, is the second practice squad player who was with another team. Running back Dexter Williams, who was signed yesterday, is the other. Izzo was released earlier this week by the Houston Texans, who had acquired him in a trade with New England on March 18. Izzo spent his first two NFL years in New England with Giants coach Joe Judge.
Izzo played in 18 games with 16 starts in two active seasons with the Patriots. He caught 19 passes for 313 yards and one touchdown. In 2020, Izzo started all 12 games in which he played and had 13 receptions for 199 yards.
Izzo was a seventh-round draft choice by the Patriots in 2018, when he spent the entire season on injured reserve after suffering a neck injury in training camp. In three seasons at Florida State, Izzo played in 41 games with 37 starts and totaled 54 receptions for 761 yards (18.6-yard avg.) and six touchdowns. He is a New Jersey native who ended his prep career at Pope John XXIII High School in Sparta.
Willis joined the Giants on July 31, shortly after his release by the Denver Broncos. He had a team-high 112 receiving yards and two touchdowns in the preseason on six catches, including a 43-yard score with eight seconds remaining against New England that was the Giants' longest completion of the summer. Willis played in 10 games with two starts for the 2019 Cincinnati Bengals and had nine receptions for 82 yards.
View photos of the New York Giants' active 53-man roster as it currently stands.
RB Saquon Barkley
RB Devontae Booker
CB James Bradberry
G Ben Bredeson
RB Gary Brightwell
LB Lorenzo Carter
WR Pharoh Cooper
DB Keon Crossen
LB Tae Crowder
OT Korey Cunningham
P Riley Dixon
TE Evan Engram
QB Jake Fromm
K Graham Gano
FB Cullen Gillaspia
QB Mike Glennon
WR Kenny Golladay
G Will Hernandez
DT Austin Johnson
WR Collin Johnson
DL Raymond Johnson III
QB Daniel Jones
LS Casey Kreiter
DL Dexter Lawrence
DB Julian Love
G Wes Martin
LB Benardrick McKinney
S Xavier McKinney
TE Chris Myarick
LB Azeez Ojulari
DB Steven Parker
OT Matt Peart
FB Elijhaa Penny
C Billy Price
LB Reggie Ragland
DB J.R. Reed
LB Quincy Roche
TE Kyle Rudolph
DB Logan Ryan
DT Danny Shelton
WR Sterling Shepard
OL Matt Skura
WR Darius Slayton
LB Elerson G. Smith
OT Nate Solder
OT Andrew Thomas
DT Leonard Williams
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