UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; May 8, 2015 – Penn State defensive end Deion Barnes (Philadelphia) has signed a National Football League rookie free agent contract with the New York Jets. Additionally, the Jets announced that RB Bill Belton (Sickerville, N.J.) has been invited to rookie camp for a tryout, while DE Brad Bars (Nashville, Tenn.) […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Giants today made several roster moves today as players reported for rookie minicamp, the on-field portion of which begins tomorrow. They terminated the contract of wide receiver Kevin Ogletree and waived linebacker Terrell Manning. The Giants also signed six rookies who were not selected in the NFL Draft […]
The Philadelphia Eagles have agreed to terms on 4-year contracts with draft selections DB Eric Rowe (2nd round), DB Randall Evans (6th round) and DE Brian Mihalik (7th round). Rowe (6-1, 205) appeared in 47 games (45 starts) during his four-year career at Utah and accumulated 261 tackles, three interceptions and 34 passes defensed […]
The Giants entered the NFL Draft owning eight picks and with several positions to fortify and left it with six young players and a strong belief they had improved their team.
The three-day draft ended today with the Giants selecting three players: safety Mykkele Thompson, wide receiver Geremy Davis and offensive lineman Bobby Hart. They joined the previous three choices: tackle Ereck Flowers, safety Landon Collins and defensive end Owamagbe Odighizuwa. Collins was selected with the first pick in the second round after the Giants surrendered two of their choices – one each in the fourth and seventh rounds – in a trade with the Tennessee Titans.
Giants head coach Tom Coughlin:
I think you can see what the intent was going into the draft, not only had a need, but we were also able to put ourselves in a position to help ourselves out from a standpoint of the quality of the player. We have talked about the first three rounds so I will just jump right into the afternoon.
WR Rasheed Bailey 6-2, 205 Delaware Valley University Finished his four-year career at Delaware Valley as the school’s all-time leader in receiving yards (3,138) and ranked second and third, respectively, in receiving TDs (29) and receptions (165). As a senior in 2014, capped his career by setting single-season school records in all major receiving […]
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; May 3, 2015 – Former Penn State offensive lineman Miles Dieffenbach (Pittsburgh) has signed a National Football League rookie free agent contract with his hometown Pittsburgh Steelers. He is the first of several Nittany Lions expected to officially sign NFL rookie free agent contracts. Dieffenbach is the fourth player of the […]
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; May 1, 2015 – The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Penn State tackle Donovan Smith(Owings Mills, Md.) in the second round of the 2015 National Football League Draft Friday evening. Smith was the No. 34 overall selection in the 2015 NFL Draft and second pick of the second round. Smith is the […]
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; May 2, 2015 – The Chicago Bears selected Penn State safety Adrian Amos (Baltimore, Md.) in the fifth round of the 2015 National Football League Draft Saturday afternoon. He joins tackle Donovan Smith(Owings Mills, Md.), who was a second round selection of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, as Penn State players selected in […]
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; May 2, 2015 – The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Penn State tight end Jesse James(Glassport) in the fifth round of the 2015 National Football League Draft Saturday afternoon. He joins tackle Donovan Smith (Owings Mills, Md.), who was a second round selection of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and safety Adrian Amos(Baltimore, Md.), who […]
