Tyrone Tracy Jr.

RB

#29

Experience: 2 years

Height: 5-11

Weight: 210 lbs

College: Purdue

Biography

As a rookie in 2024, Tracy played in all 17 games with 12 starts…Finished with team-high totals of 192 carries, 895 rushing yards (4.4-yard avg.) and 5 rushing touchdowns…Added 38 receptions for 284 yards and one touchdown…Returned 3 kickoffs for 61 yards.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

As a rookie in 2024, Tracy played in all 17 games with 12 starts…Finished with team-high totals of 192 carries, 895 rushing yards (4.4-yard avg.) and 5 rushing touchdowns…Added 38 receptions for 284 yards and one touchdown…Returned 3 kickoffs for 61 yards.
Tracy's 895 rushing yards and 38 catches were both the 2nd-highest totals for a rookie running back in Giants history, behind Saquon Barkley's 1,305 yards and 91 receptions in 2018…His 1,123 scrimmage yards were the 4th-most by a Giants rookie in franchise history, the 2nd-most by a Giants rookie running back, and placed him 6th among all rookies in 2024.
Rushed for 129 yards on 18 carries (7.2-yard avg.) in first career start at Seattle (10/6)...He became the first Giants rookie running back since Ahmad Bradshaw at Buffalo on 12/23/07 to average over 7 yards-per-carry with at least 15 attempts.
Rushed for 50 yards on 17 attempts and had season-high totals of 67 receptions for 57 yards vs. Cincinnati (10/13)…Scored his first career touchdown on a one-yard run…Became the first Giants rookie drafted in the 5th round or later to run for a touchdown since Bradshaw at Buffalo on 12/23/07…Became the first Giants rookie since Saquon Barkley (vs. Philadelphia, 10/11/18) to have 50+ rushing yards, 50+ receiving yards and a rushing touchdown in a game.
Rushed for a season-high 145 yards on 20 carries (7.3-yard avg.), including a 45-yard touchdown, at Pittsburgh (10/28)…Tracy's 145 yards was the highest rushing total by a Giants rookie since Barkley ran for 179 yards at Washington on 12/9/18…Tracy tied RB Eddie Price for the 5th-highest rushing total by a rookie in Giants history. Price ran for 145 yards at Baltimore on 11/19/50.

NOTES TO KNOW

Tracy (1,123 yards from scrimmage) and wide receiver Malik Nabers (1,206 yards from scrimmage) became the 3rd rookie duo in NFL history to each reach 1,000 scrimmage yards, joining the 2006 New Orleans Saints (Marques Colston and Reggie Bush) and the 1960 Dallas Texans (Abner Haynes and Johnny Robinson)…He also became just the second running back in Giants franchise history to reach 1,000 scrimmage yards.
In his first two career starts, Tracy combined for 237 yards from scrimmage (130 at Seattle and 107 vs. Cincinnati) which were the 4th-most by a Giant since 1970 and the most since running back Derrick Ward had 245 yards in his first two starts in 2007.

COLLEGE

Tracy played wide receiver for four seasons at Iowa and one at Purdue before switching to running back in his final season with the Boilermakers…Played in 63 collegiate games with 30 starts, including 25 games with 14 starts for Purdue…Career totals include 146 rushing attempts for 947 yards (6.5-yard avg.) and 10 touchdowns, plus 113 receptions for 1,201 yards and 5 scores…Averaged 25.2 yards on 17 kickoff returns in his final two seasons.
In 2023, played in 11 games with nine starts…Led Purdue with 716 rushing yards and 8 touchdowns on 113 carries…Averaged 6.3 yards per carry, which led the Big Ten and was the 2nd-highest single-season rushing average in school history…Added 19 catches for 132 yards…Led the team in total touchdowns with 9, including 1 on a kickoff return…Tallied 1,270 all-purpose yards, including 408 kick return yards, to rank 2nd in the conference in both categories; his 127.4 all-purpose yards in conference games led the Big Ten…Second-team All-Big Ten and Academic All-Big Ten.
In his first season at Purdue in 2022, played in all 14 games with five starts…Caught 28 passes for 198 yards and ran for 138 yards on 17 carries…Averaged 7.1 yards per catch and 8.1 yards per carry.
In his final season at Iowa in 2021, played in 13 games with four starts and caught 15 passes for 106 yards and 1 touchdown…Added 7 rushing attempts for 33 yards…Voted a team captain.
In 2020, played in all eight games with four starts…Recorded 14 receptions for 154 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 rushing attempts for 22 yards.
In 2019, played in 13 games with eight starts and registered career-high totals of 36 receptions for 589-yards (career-best 16.2-yard avg.) and 3 touchdowns.

OFF-THE-FIELD ACTIVITY

Partnered with the American Heart Association to encourage students to be active for 60 minutes a day while creating healthy habits and presented the school with a $1,500 equipment grant at Hoover Elementary School in Bergenfield, NJ… Joined the Paterson Wildcats youth tackle and girls flag football teams for a clinic in the Quest Diagnostic Training Center and surprised the team with a $10,000 equipment grant thanks to Dunkin'… Continued the annual rookie Thanksgiving tradition at Eva's Village to prepare and serve lunch for the community members of Eva's Village in Paterson, N.J.… 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… Joined Project Kind, an organization to support those experiencing homelessness, to host an event with 125 people from the organization for a day of haircuts, spa treatments and lunch at MetLife stadium… Hosted the boys from the Far Rockaway and Harlem Giants that were graduating middle school for a day at the training facility filled with character building activities, lunch in the team cafeteria and different games in the field house… To celebrate Halloween, dressed in costume to visit patients and distribute giftbags at Hackensack University Medical Center's Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital.

PERSONAL

Graduated in May 2023 with a degree in communications… Father (Tyrone Sr.) starred at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis before a prolific career at Division II Fort Hays State (1986-89), in which he set school records for all-purpose yards in a season and career (he was inducted into Fort Hays State's Hall of Fame in 2011).
Starred at Decatur Central High School in Indianapolis…Gatorade Player of the Year in Indiana…Earned Offensive Player of the Year honors as a sophomore and senior…Named to Indiana Football Digest Top 25 and Indiana Football Coaches Association (IFCA) Top 50…First-team all-county, all-midstate, and all-state for three straight years…First-team all-midstate and all-county as a freshman…Four-year football letterman as running back, wide receiver, and defensive back…Helped team post four-year record of 35-8…Holds school records for receiving yards in a season (1,132) and career (2,643), becoming first player at Decatur Central with over 1,000 yards in a season…Set school records for receiving touchdowns in a season (16) and career (33), as well as total offensive touchdowns (70), total touchdowns (72), total points (444) and yards per rushing attempt in a season (11.5) and career (8.7).
As a senior in 2017, rushed for 1,412 yards and 13 touchdowns, to go with 54 receptions for 1,132 yards and 17 touchdowns.
As a junior, recorded 40 receptions for 651 yards and 9 touchdowns, while rushing for 296 yards and 4 touchdowns.
As a sophomore, rushed for 1,239 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 27 receptions for 680 yards and seven touchdowns…Added 336 kickoff return yards.
Team captain for three straight years…Also earned four letters in basketball and three in track as sprinter and long jumper.

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