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Giants release four players to trim roster after offseason additions

Nypost · · 274 words · By Paul Schwartz
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“they released four players Thursday to get down to the 90-player limit”
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Multiple independent sources (Google News and Big Blue View) report that the New York Giants released four players, including Elijah Chatman, to meet roster limits before rookie minicamp.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2002 season was the New York Giants' 78th in the National Football League (NFL) and their sixth under head coach Jim Fassel. The team improved upon their 7–9 record from the previous season by thr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_New_York_Giants_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 season was the New York Giants' 101st in the National Football League (NFL), their fourth under general manager Joe Schoen,their final under the ownership tandem of John Mara and Steve Tisch,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_York_Giants_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Giants
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“They parted ways with defensive tackles Elijah Chatman and Marlon Tuipulotu, linebacker Swayze Bozeman and wide receiver Courtney Jackson.”
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While the release of four players and Elijah Chatman is corroborated, the specific names of the other three players (Marlon Tuipulotu, Swayze Bozeman, and Courtney Jackson) are not mentioned in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elijah Campbell (born August 24, 1995) is an American professional football safety and special teamer for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Campbell
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elijah Chatman (born December 5, 2000) is an American professional football defensive tackle. He played college football for the SMU Mustangs and was signed by the Giants as an undrafted free agent in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Chatman
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Giants
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“Chatman was with the Giants the past two seasons, playing in all 17 games (three starts) in 2024 and three games in 2025.”
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Web search results from 'NY Giants bid to replace Dexter Lawrence' and 'Big Blue View' confirm Chatman played 22 games total, with 17 in 2024 and 5 in 2025. The claim's '3 games in 2025' is slightly different from the '5 games' mentioned in one source, but the general timeline and 2024 stats are supported.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 NFL draft was the 89th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players. The draft was held at Campus Martius Park and Hart Plaza in Detroit on Apr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_NFL_draft
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_(given_name)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elijah Chatman (born December 5, 2000) is an American professional football defensive tackle. He played college football for the SMU Mustangs and was signed by the Giants as an undrafted free agent in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Chatman
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“He was an undersized defensive tackle at 6-feet, 278 pounds”
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Both Wikipedia and Pro-Football-Reference explicitly list Elijah Chatman's height as 6-0 and weight as 278 lbs.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season was the Crimson Tide's 131st overall season, and 92nd …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elijah Chatman (born December 5, 2000) is an American professional football defensive tackle. He played college football for the SMU Mustangs and was signed by the Giants as an undrafted free agent in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Chatman
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“The Giants traded their most massive defensive tackle, Dexter Lawrence, to the Bengals”
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The trade of Dexter Lawrence to the Bengals is confirmed by a cross-reference (Nypost) and multiple web search results (Fox News, Big Blue View).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dexter Lawrence II (born November 12, 1997), nicknamed "Sexy Dexy", is an American professional football nose tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Lawrence
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 season was the New York Giants' 101st in the National Football League (NFL), their fourth under general manager Joe Schoen,their final under the ownership tandem of John Mara and Steve Tisch,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_York_Giants_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 season will be the New York Giants' 102nd in the National Football League (NFL), their fifth under general manager Joe Schoen and their first season under head coach John Harbaugh. Harbaugh s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_New_York_Giants_season
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“recently added seven defensive tackle/nose tackle options, most notably veterans D.J. Reader and Shelby Harris.”
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Web search results from AOL and Big Blue View confirm the addition of seven defensive tackles, specifically mentioning D.J. Reader and Shelby Harris.
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web search NEUTRAL — Many fans of the New York Giants were panicking after the team traded their best defensive player, nose tackle Dexter Lawrence, last month before the 2026 NFL draft.Since Day 3 of the draft, the Giant…
https://www.aol.com/articles/york-giants-done-enough-replace…
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web search NEUTRAL — Expect Reader to replace Lawrence as the starting nose tackle. A 2016 fifth-round pick of the Texans out of Clemson, Reader is a 10-year veteran with 128 starts in his 137 games played for the Texans,…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/05/sports/giants-add-dj-reader-to…
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web search NEUTRAL — The New York Giants added nose tackle Bobby Jamison-Thomas in the sixth round of the 2026 NFL Draft.If signed, Reader would become the Giants’ primary nose tackle. The Giants also had free agent visit…
https://www.bigblueview.com/new-york-giants-free-agency/1610…
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“They also selected Bobby Jamison-Travis in the sixth round of the NFL draft.”
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Big Blue View explicitly mentions the Giants added nose tackle Bobby Jamison-Thomas (referred to as Jamison-Travis in the claim) in the sixth round of the 2026 NFL Draft.
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web search NEUTRAL — Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.
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web search NEUTRAL — Latest Current News: U.S., World, Entertainment, Health, Business, Technology, Politics, Sports.
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“the Giants are carrying three placekickers on the roster: Jason Sanders, Ben Sauls and rookie Dominic Zvada.”
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While Ben Sauls is verified via Wikipedia as a Giants kicker, the specific combination of three kickers (Sanders, Sauls, Zvada) is not corroborated by the provided evidence snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — Includes full details on offense, defense and special teams.New YorkGiants. 4-13. 4th in NFC East.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/roster/_/name/nyg/new-york-gia…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ben Sauls (born July 31, 2001) is an American professional football kicker for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Sauls
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web search NEUTRAL — Explore the NFL New York Giants player roster for the current football season. View player positions, age, height, and weight on FOXSports.com!
https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/new-york-giants-team-roster
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“Zvada, who won a national championship at Michigan, is one of six undrafted free agents signed by the Giants.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Dominic Zvada's national championship at Michigan or his status as an undrafted free agent.
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“The others are DT Anquin Barnes Jr. (Colorado), DT Ben Barten, (Wisconsin), CB Thaddeus Dixon (North Carolina), LS Ben Mann (Boston College) and OL Ryan Schernecke (Kutztown).”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the signing of Anquin Barnes Jr., Ben Barten, Thaddeus Dixon, Ben Mann, or Ryan Schernecke.
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“The Giants open a two-day rookie minicamp Friday.”
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“The Giants signed four of their seven 2026 draft picks: WR Malachi Fields (third round) and their three third-round picks, DT Bobby Jamison-Travis, OL JC Davis and LB Jack Kelly.”
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