Offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka's NFL journey continues.
The 6-foot-9, 320-pound offensive tackle from Nigeria has re-signed with the Giants to the team's practice squad.
Mbaeteka is the rare player whose football career began in the NFL. He signed with the Giants on April 8, 2022. A native of Nigeria, Mbaeteka was first spotted at a football camp in that country in May 2021 by Osi Umenyiora, the former defensive end and two-time Super Bowl champion who is in the Giants' Ring of Honor. Mbaeteka was one of three players selected to train at the NFL Academy in London in October. Three months later, the NFL announced that he was one of 13 players chosen to compete for a spot in the 2022 International Player Pathway program.
He spent the first few weeks of the season on the practice squad before he was released on Sept. 29.
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Osi Umenyiora talks with New York Giants offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka (61) during training camp practice at Quest Diagnostics Training Center on Thursday August 18, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey
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New York Giants offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka (61) runs onto the field with teammates prior to a preseason NFL football game between New York Giants and the New England Patriots, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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New York Giants offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka (61) during training camp Fan Fest practice at MetLife Stadium on Friday August 5, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey
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Osi Umenyiora talks with New York Giants offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka (61) during training camp practice at Quest Diagnostics Training Center on Thursday August 18, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey
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Osi Umenyiora talks with New York Giants offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka (61) during training camp practice at Quest Diagnostics Training Center on Thursday August 18, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey
Osi Umenyiora talks with New York Giants offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka (61) during training camp practice at Quest Diagnostics Training Center on Thursday August 18, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey
Osi Umenyiora talks with New York Giants offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka (61) during training camp practice at Quest Diagnostics Training Center on Thursday August 18, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey
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New York Giants offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka (61) during a pre-season football game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday August 21, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey (Evan Pinkus/NY Giants)
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New York Giants offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka (61) during a pre-season football game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday August 21, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey (Evan Pinkus/NY Giants)
New York Giants offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka (61) blocks linebacker Quincy Roche (95) during training camp practice at Quest Diagnostics Training Center on Sunday August 14, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey
Osi Umenyiora talks with New York Giants offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka (61) during training camp practice at Quest Diagnostics Training Center on Thursday August 18, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey
New York Giants offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka (61) answers questions from media at the NFL football New York Giants rookie minicamp in East Rutherford, N.J., Friday, May 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
New York Giants offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka (61) warms up during an NFL preseason football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J. The Giants won 25-22. (AP Photo/Vera Nieuwenhuis)
New York Giants offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka (61) blocks during an NFL preseason football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, in East Rutherford, N.J. The Giants defeated the Bengals, 25-22. (Ryan Kang via AP)
New York Giants offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka warms up before a preseason NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/John Munson)
New York Giants offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka (61) on the sideline during the first half of an NFL football game against the New York Giants, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Greg M. Cooper)
New York Giants offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka (61) during an NFL preseason football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J. The Giants won 25-22. (AP Photo/Vera Nieuwenhuis)
New York Giants offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka (61) warms up before a preseason NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/John Munson)
New York Giants offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka (61) warms up before a preseason NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/John Munson)
New York Giants offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka (61) on the sidelines during the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
New York Giants offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka (61) during the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/John Munson)
New York Giants offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka (61) on the sideline during the first half of an NFL football game against the New York Giants, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Greg M. Cooper)
Up Rise Academy offensive lineman Chigbo Roy Mbaeteka, of Nigeria, participates in a drill at the NFL international scouting combine at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano)
Up Rise Academy's offensive linemen Haggai Chison Noubuis, left, and Mbaeteka Chigbo Roy, both from Nigeria, pose for photographs after taking part in the NFL International Combine at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. International athletes on Tuesday took part in a series of tests in front of NFL evaluators for a potential position in the NFL's International Player Pathway programme. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Up Rise Academy offensive lineman Chigbo Roy Mbaeteka, of Nigeria, runs in a drill during the NFL international scouting combine, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, in London. (Aaron M. Sprecher via AP)
New York Giants offensive tackle Roy Mbaeteka (61) answers questions from media at the NFL football New York Giants rookie minicamp in East Rutherford, N.J., Friday, May 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
Up Rise Academy offensive lineman Chigbo Roy Mbaeteka, of Nigeria, participates in a drill at the NFL international scouting combine at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano)
Up Rise Academy offensive lineman Chigbo Roy Mbaeteka, of Nigeria, participates in a drill at the NFL international scouting combine at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano)
Up Rise Academy's offensive linemen Haggai Chison Noubuis, left, and Mbaeteka Chigbo Roy, both from Nigeria, give media interviews after taking part in the NFL International Combine at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. International athletes on Tuesday took part in a series of tests in front of NFL evaluators for a potential position in the NFL's International Player Pathway programme. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
