Greg Van Roten

Van Roten has played in 127 regular-season games with 88 starts - 58 at right guard, 27 at left guard, and three at center...Has also played in four postseason games…He has played for the Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers, the New York Jets, Buffalo Bills, Las Vegas Raiders, and the Giants and had short stints with Seattle and Jacksonville…Spent two seasons (2015-16) with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Van Roten has played in 127 regular-season games with 88 starts - 58 at right guard, 27 at left guard, and three at center...Has also played in four postseason games…He has played for the Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers, the New York Jets, Buffalo Bills, Las Vegas Raiders, and the Giants and had short stints with Seattle and Jacksonville…Spent two seasons (2015-16) with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.
• In 2024, started all 17 games, the first 15 at right guard and the last two at center…Van Roten and linebacker Brian Burns were the only Giants to start all 17 games…Van Roten played all 1,126 offensive snaps and was the only player on the team who did not miss a snap all season.
• In 2023, started all 17 games at right guard in his only season in Las Vegas, where he played for current Giants offensive line coach Carmen Bricillo.
• In Buffalo in 2022, played in 16 regular-season games with four starts, the first at center and the others at right guard…Was part of an offensive line that allowed only 33 sacks, the 8th-fewest in the NFL…Also appeared in two playoff games.
• In 2021, played in all 17 games with 10 starts at right guard for the Jets…Started the season's first nine games…In 2020, started all 13 games in which he played at right guard…Spent three weeks on injured reserve with a toe injury.
• In 2019, started in the first 11 games of the season at left guard before being placed on the injured reserve with a foot injury.
• In 2018, started in all 16 games for Carolina at left guard…Made his first career start vs. Dallas (9/9/18)…Was the only Panthers player to play every single snap of the 2018 season…In his first season with Carolina in 2017, played in 10 games as a reserve offensive lineman and a key contributor on special teams.
• Played for the CFL's Toronto Argonauts in 2015-16, appearing in 32 games…Started games at center, right guard, left tackle and right tackle…Named an Eastern All-Star his first season in the league.
• Did not play in 2014…In 2013, played in the first three games with Green Bay before being placed on the injured reserve for the remainder of the season with a foot injury.
• In 2012, made the Packers' roster as an undrafted rookie…Played in seven regular season games and two postseason contests…Made his NFL debut at Detroit (11/18/12).

COLLEGE

• Played four seasons at the University of Pennsylvania (2008-11), starting in all 30 games in his final three seasons…As a junior and senior, received Penn's Bednarik Award, given to the most outstanding offensive and defensive lineman.
• As a senior in 2011, started all 10 games and earned unanimous All-Ivy Leaue honors.
• As a junior, started all 10 games and was named first-team All-Ivy recognition…Helped Penn lead the Ivy League in rushing yards (6th in the nation), scoring offense and total offense.
• As a sophomore, started in all 10 games and was part of an offensive line that allowed the fewest sacks in the Ivy League.

OFF-THE-FIELD ACTIVITY

• Represented the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation during Week 13 of the NFL season for My Cause My Cleats… Attended the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Champions for Children Gala to assist families experiencing cancer and celebrate Giants Carolyn Tisch Blodgett for her efforts to support families experiencing cancer… After the team practice in Germany prior to the Sunday game, met with the 120 students that participated in the NFL Flag clinic… Met with members from the Wounded Warriors Project during their visit to the Quest Diagnostics Training Center to watch practice and enjoy a day with the Giants.

PERSONAL

• Graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Economics…Attended Chaminade High School in Mineola, NY and was a team captain as a senior…Earned New York All-State and All-Catholic High School Football League honors and was a Daily News All-Star, All-city and All-Suburban…Selected to play in the 2008 Empire State Outback Bowl.

MAIN TRANSACTIONS

• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Green Bay Packers on 7/25/12.
• Waived by the Packers on 8/31/12 and signed to their practice squad on 9/3/12.
• Waived by Green Bay on 2/11/14.
• Signed by the Seattle Seahawks on 2/14/14.
• Waived by the Seahawks on 8/27/14.
• Signed by the Carolina Panthers on 7/25/17.
• Signed as a free agent by the New York Jets on 3/21/20.
• Released by the Jets on 5/6/22
• Signed by the Buffalo Bills on 6/13/22.
• Signed as a free agent by the Las Vegas Raiders on 5/19/23
• Signed as a free agent by the New York Giants on 7/30/24.