Follow the road to the 2026 season with our latest updates from training camp, which is nearing the end with Friday's preseason finale against the Jets.

Thursday, August 27

2 p.m. -- The Giants placed WR Calvin Austin III on injured reserve, ending the veteran's first season with the team. Austin suffered a torn ACL during Tuesday's practice at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center. The injury momentarily paused practice as coaches and teammates gathered around him to show their support.

"It's definitely impactful to our team because he was playing so well," coach John Harbaugh said. "He was doing a great job across the board, offense and special teams. He had definitely carved out a role for us on our team, and then to see that happen, especially just a non-contact type of an injury, it's just kind of shocking to see. So, you feel bad for him. I mean, that's the biggest thing. He and I were texting last night and even more this morning, so I think he's in a better place now than he was yesterday. But it's going to be a long road back, but he'll get back. He'll get back, and we'll be behind him the whole way."

Wednesday, August 26

6:06 p.m. -- The Giants have now traded two offensive linemen in the span of a week.

On Wednesday, they finalized a deal to send the versatile Joshua Ezeudu to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for a seventh-round draft pick in 2028.

The move came seven days after they traded veteran Daniel Faalele to the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for their sixth-round pick in 2027. Faalele's time with the Giants lasted just over four months after they signed him as a free agent on April 9.

Ezeudu's tenure, meanwhile, spanned four seasons.

The University of North Carolina product was originally selected by the Giants in the third round (No. 67 overall) of the 2022 draft.

He played in 33 games with 10 starts – seven at left tackle, two at left guard, and one as an extra lineman – over his first three seasons. In 2025, he was placed on injured reserve during training camp and did not play the entire season.

Harbaugh spoke recently about Ezeudu's versatility, which was showcased during Saturday's preseason win in Miami.

"The position flex is the idea," Harbaugh said the day after the game. "And you may have noticed he went back out to tackle in the fourth quarter, so the ability for him to play both guard and tackle, particularly on the right side, would be helpful for us. And that's our thought. He's kind of getting to the point now where we feel like he could swing right tackle, right guard. Right now, we're kind of keeping him off the left side and just keeping him to the right side, and that helps a little bit with some of the techniques. It's like a hitter, he's not a switch hitter right now on both sides, but he is playing both the inside position and the outside position. So, we think he's ready for it, that he can handle it, and that gives us some position flexibility as a backup."

Now he will bring those skills to Kansas City.

As for the Giants, the moves underscore their faith in what they have up front.

"Well, I think it says we feel good about our depth, for sure," Harbaugh said in between the two trades. "We do feel good about our depth on the offensive line generally and inside. And it's not too often you get a trade like that. You know, it's not too often you can trade a player for a sixth-round pick in the middle of training camp. But sometimes teams have needs, and Daniel's started many games in the National Football League, so they felt like that was valuable for them. With us, Daniel was doing well for the role he was going to be playing, and yet we have other guys that were doing well, too. So, it was a luxury for us. Any time you can add picks, it's a valuable thing. It's a future thing. Doesn't seem like much now, but it'll matter day three of the draft. It'll be something that we'll be happy we've got."

"It's twofold," assistant general manager Brandon Brown said. "It's, one, feeling really good about our depth, but then also looking at the marketplace of the league right now. It's an interesting situation where there's a rash of O-line injuries across the league, whether it's starter, depth, and that really creates a demand for certain players. And through training camp, through seeing our guys perform during the preseason, it created a surplus."

The Giants wrap up the preseason on Friday night with their annual game against the Jets. Rosters must then be reduced to 53 players by 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 30.

3:30 p.m. -- Speaking after practice, John Harbaugh said the loss of WR Calvin Austin III is "definitely impactful" because he was playing well across the board, including special teams.

"He had definitely carved out a role for us on our team, and then to see that happen, especially just a non-contact type of an injury, it's just kind of shocking to see," Harbaugh said. "So, you feel bad for him. I mean, that's the biggest thing. He and I were texting last night and even more this morning, so I think he's in a better place now than he was yesterday. But it's going to be a long road back, but he'll get back. He'll get back, and we'll be behind him the whole way."

WR Odell Beckham Jr. stacked another positive day on his quest to find a role on the team this season. "I think Odell's had a good camp," Harbaugh said. "I would say his best week of camp has come this week. He's looked good and made numerous plays, and just like you saw, even today, made numerous plays, so he's doing well."

1:14 p.m. -- The Giants signed veteran TE Josiah Deguara and rookie WR Kobe Prentice.

A third-round draft choice by Green Bay in 2020, the 6-foot-2, 240-pound Deguara has played in 77 regular-season games with 12 starts for the Packers (2020-23), Jaguars (2024), and Cardinals (2025). His career totals include 53 receptions for 471 yards and three touchdowns, including a long score of 62 yards. Deguara has also appeared in three postseason games, all with Green Bay.

Deguara signed with the 49ers last month and was released on Monday.

Prior to the NFL, he became only the second tight end in Cincinnati history to eclipse 1,000 receiving yards for his career, joining Brent Celek. His 92 career receptions are the most in school history for a tight end and he was just the second tight end in school history with 500 or more yards receiving in a season, along with Travis Kelce.

Prentice is an undrafted rookie who was released by the Patriots on Monday. New England had claimed him off waivers a month prior from the Carolina Panthers.

Prentice, 5-10 and 184 pounds, played in 11 games with one start in his senior season at Baylor, finishing with 26 catches for 380 yards and six touchdowns. Previously, he played in 36 games over three seasons at Alabama, totaling 60 catches for 780 yards and five touchdowns.

Tuesday, August 25

3:10 p.m. -- WR Calvin Austin III left Tuesday's practice with an injury, which momentarily paused the session as he was surrounded by teammates and staff members.

"I just know when you go through those moments right there, obviously you see what we all went through when we saw it," OC Matt Nagy said after practice. "And you don't know what it is. But I'll just say this about Calvin Austin is, what an unbelievable kid, what a great person and a great talent. And so, I think naturally you always think the worst when something like that happens, but we don't know. I don't know. So, all I'm going to do is go in there and tell him I love him, and I appreciate everything about him and I hope he's okay and he's back at practice tomorrow."

Austin did a little bit of everything during Saturday's preseason game in Miami. He returned two punts for 29 yards, caught two passes for 24 yards, and broke a 21-yard run.

Monday, August 24

3:49 p.m. -- WR Malik Nabers shed the red non-contact practice jersey, signaling another step forward in his progress.

"I thought he looked good," coach John Harbaugh said after practice. "Look at the tape later, but he was moving well, probably moving the best we've seen him look. You guys could be the judge of that too, right? You've seen him. It was a good practice for him today. Got the red shirt off. That was a good step."

Contact will be "very reasonable" for Nabers and the rest of the team this week.

"It'll be a protect each other kind of deal, but that'll be true for everybody right now," Harbaugh said. "We'll be in this mode this week, we'll be a little more, as far as the contact part of it, probably a little more in-season-ish in terms of taking care of one another."

Harbaugh didn't want to make any definitive statements on Nabers being on track for Week 1, barring any setbacks, but he did say "it's reasonable to assume that."

He added, "Those are all kind of things that you can assume. It's just based on watching the guy practice. The only thing I know more than you guys know is what the docs and the trainers tell me, as far as his rehab. And that's doing well. He's doing really well with that. He's strong. He's in a good place, but how he gets through practice, how ready he is to play and protect himself, is really based on practice. You're watching practice, too, and you can see it."

TE Theo Johnson collided with OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux at practice. "I think he's OK," Harbaugh said of Johnson. "Didn't get a report back that it was serious, but they'll look at it. I haven't talked to him since, so I'll go in and find out here when we get done."

8:34 a.m. -- The Giants waived WR Ryan Miller, who had been with the team since last December when he was claimed off waivers from the Buccaneers. Miller spent his first three NFL seasons in Tampa Bay, appearing in 25 games (six starts) and catching 14 passes for 162 yards and three touchdowns. NFL clubs must reduce rosters to a maximum of 53 players by 6 p.m. ET on Sunday, Aug. 30.

Sunday, August 23

3 p.m. -- Coach John Harbaugh provided further thoughts and updates from Saturday's preseason victory. OL Francis Mauigoa and CB Colton Hood, two members of the 2026 draft class, are expected to return to practice this week. OL Joshua Ezeudu will be "OK." He got kicked in the back of the leg. He's day-to-day as it doesn't appear long-term. "Hopefully he'll be playing Friday night" in the preseason finale against the Jets.

Harbaugh said WR Malik Nabers shedding the red non-contact practice jersey is a "possibility" this week but "not a necessity." They will see how he feels tomorrow. There is still time before the Sept. 13 season opener.

Harbaugh said the goal was to have rookie J.C. Davis, a sixth-round pick, play a whole game at left tackle. They wanted to put him in that situation and see how he handled it. "He did it. He did it well." He had a lot of plus plays and graded out well.

"It's a tough position to play in," Harbaugh said. "And a guy like AT (Andrew Thomas) would have had first-round expectations and all that, and that's another layer to the whole thing. J.C. doesn't have that. He doesn't have that layer to it that AT had, but he's going to be expected to play a role on the team and it's going to be a very important role and he could be in there at any time really, so he's got to be ready for that. And hopefully – you're right, you'd like to get off to a good start, but man, the bullets start flying in an NFL game with the type of players you're playing against, the speed that things hit you with, and they certainly test you as a rookie. They find out how fast you can think and adjust and make changes on the move, and so that's the things that I think you have to deal with. Obviously, once you've seen those things you're better at it, so – and things happen so fast for the offensive line, probably more so than any other position ."

Saturday, August 22

6:59 p.m. -- The Giants looked ferocious in the joint practice with the Dolphins on Thursday and built on that at Hard Rock Stadium, where they won 26-3 on Saturday to claim their first victory under the new head coach. Soon, the games will count.

"Appreciate the effort by the guys," coach John Harbaugh said. "I thought we did a lot of things really well. I like the way we handled having the lead in terms of continuing to play in such a way as to extend the lead. That's really important to learn how to do that as a team. We did that. I do believe we're a better team than we were Wednesday when we came down here. That was the goal. And now we move forward."

The Giants, who have now practiced in three different states along the Eastern Seaboard this summer, will resume training camp in East Rutherford before their preseason finale against the Jets on Friday. Two days later, the initial 53-man roster must be announced by 6 p.m. ET. Then, it's all systems go for the Sunday night home opener against the Cowboys on Sept. 13.