New York Giants Officially Re-Sign Domenik Hixon and Darius Reynaud: The Giants announced yesterday that they have re-signed WR/Returner Domenik Hixon and WR/HB/Returner Darius Reynaud.
“I thank God and I feel very blessed that I have an opportunity to come back to the New York Giants,” said Hixon. “That’s what I wanted. I love the New York Giants and being in New Jersey. It’s been a blast. They have a great coaching staff and ownership and a team that I like. I really wanted to come back and I’m glad we were able to work something out.”
Hixon missed all of the 2010 season after tearing the ACL in his right knee during a June mini-camp. “I feel real comfortable, I feel strong,” Hixon said. “I was joking with one of my buddies. We were running together and I told him, ‘I feel like I gained a step.’ I’m preparing myself as well as I can and getting all the rust off now so when I get back out there I’ll be ready for the season and be at full speed. I’m back doing everything full speed. I’m trying to simulate the season I missed with different things.”
“That was one of the most devastating things about the injury,” Hixon said. “The guys on the special teams units were just getting used to each other and we ended on a real good note the year before. We thought we’d continue to build up. I feel we’ll keep on doing that and pick up where we left off a couple of years ago.”
“I do physical therapy every day and in the afternoon I run routes and do punt work and things like that,” Hixon said. “I’ve been doing that for a while now, running routes, doing one-on-ones and incorporating that along with the rehab. I’m going to be ready to go when camp starts.”
New York Giants Officially Tender Nine Players: The Giants announced yesterday that they have officially tendered nine players. The official announcement corrects some tender-level errors originally reported by the press earlier this week.
The Giants tendered the following restricted free agents:
- HB Ahmad Bradshaw (2nd round tender)
- WR Steve Smith (original round tender – 2nd round)
- TE Kevin Boss (2nd round tender)
- OL Kevin Boothe (original round tender – 6th round)
- DE Mathias Kiwanuka (original round tender – 1st round)
- DE Dave Tollefson (2nd round tender)
- DT Barry Cofield (2nd round tender)
Keep in mind, however, that the seven restricted free agents will most likely be unrestricted free agents once the new Collective Bargaining Agreement is finalized.
The Giants also tendered the following exclusive free agents:
- TE/FB Bear Pascoe
- OL Jamon Meredith
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