Chris Manhertz

Has played in 160 regular-season games with 67 starts for New Orleans, Carolina, Jacksonville, Denver and the New York Giants, and in two postseason games with one start for the Jaguars…Totals include 30 receptions for 308 yards and 3 touchdowns, including a 50-yarder.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Has played in 160 regular-season games with 67 starts for New Orleans, Carolina, Jacksonville, Denver and the New York Giants, and in two postseason games with one start for the Jaguars…Totals include 30 receptions for 308 yards and 3 touchdowns, including a 50-yarder.
• Saw action in all 17 games (three starts) for the Giants in 2025...Caught 1 pass for 7 yards and tallied 2 special teams tackles.
• In his first season with the Giants in 2024, played all 17 games with 11 starts…Caught 3 passes for 30 yards and 1 touchdown…Played 342 snaps on offense and 165 on special teams.
• In his only season in Denver in 2023, played in 16 games with two starts…Caught 2 passes for 16 yards…Played 367 snaps on offense and 86 on special teams.
• In 2022 with Jacksonville, played in all 17 games with 11 yards and had a career high-tying 6 receptions for the third consecutive season, for 42 yards…Participated in 427 snaps on offense and 155 on special teams plays...Played in both of the Jaguars' postseason games with one start.
• In 2021, played in all 17 games with 10 starts…Recorded a career-high 71 receiving yards on 6 catches (11.8-yard avg.) with 1 touchdown in his first season with Jacksonville.
• In his final season in Carolina in 2020, played in 16 games with a career-high 12 starts…Set a career-high with 6 receptions, for 52 yards.
• In 2019, played in 15 games with six starts, primarily as a blocking tight end…Caught 1 pass for 11 yards.
• In 2018, Manhertz played in all 16 games with four starts…Caught 2 passes for 52 yards, including a career-long 50-yarder for a touchdown.
• In 2017, played in all 16 games with four starts, finishing with 2 catches for 17 yards.
• In his debut season in 2016, spent time with both New Orleans (four weeks) and Carolina (10 weeks), totaling seven games with two starts…Caught 1 pass for 10 yards and appeared in 55 offensive snaps and 68 special-teams snaps.

COLLEGE

• Did not play football at Canisius College, where he was a 4-year basketball player (2010-14)…Played in 116 games with 94 starts and averaged 6.5 points and 6.8 rebounds per game…Finished fourth in school history with 789 rebounds…Led the team in rebounding in three consecutive seasons…Transitioned to football after leaving Canisius.

OFF-THE-FIELD ACTIVITY

• Hosted a free youth football camp for 150 kids in his hometown of the Bronx…Attended the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Sundae Blitz event at the Quest Diagnostic Training Center to enjoy ice cream and games with families of children fighting cancer...Represented the Giants at the United Way of NYC Career Day and spoke to 200 students about dedication in school and the consistency required to reach the NFL...Discussed the life of a professional athlete on a panel at the Tri-State Sports Psychology Conference at Seton Hall...Attended the father-son Breakfast at Iona Prep to spend time, sign autographs and take pictures with the students...Participated in a virtual Play60 event to discuss having an active lifestyle and practicing healthy habits...Visited Windsor, Conn., to celebrate more than 350 girls from 19 high school teams that participated in the 2nd annual girls flag football kickoff clinic...Attended the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Sundae Blitz event at the Quest Diagnostic Training Center to enjoy ice cream and games with families of children fighting cancer...Spoke with a youth football team in Brooklyn to help encourage them after their season was cancelled…Represented New York City's Police Foundation's Bronx Giants during Week 13 of the NFL season for My Cause My Cleats...Hosted members from the NYPD Military Liaison Group as well as members from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice to the Quest Diagnostics Training Center to watch practice and enjoy a day with the Giants.

PERSONAL

• Health and wellness major…Four-year letterman in basketball at Cardinal Spellman High School in The Bronx…Became the fourth male player in school history to score 1,000 points.
• Son of John and Durline Manhertz…Has three brothers, Jason, John and Omari…Born in The Bronx.

MAIN TRANSACTIONS

• Originally signed by the Buffalo Bills on 12/30/14.
• Waived by Buffalo on 8/19/15.
• Signed by the New Orleans Saints on 8/24/15.
• Waived by New Orleans on 9/5/15 and signed to the Saints' practice squad on 9/7/15.
• Signed to a reserve/futures contract by New Orleans on 1/5/16
• Waived by New Orleans on 10/15/16 and awarded off waivers to the Carolina Panthers on 10/17/16.
• Signed as a free agent by the Jacksonville Jaguars on 3/17/21.
• Signed as a free agent by the Denver Broncos on 3/15/23.
• Released by Denver on 3/8/24.
• Signed as a free agent by the Giants on 3/15/24.
• Re-signed with the Giants on 3/9/25.
• Re-signed with the Giants on 3/9/26.