Report: Giants restructuring contract of veteran wide receiver
Sterling Shepard is returning to New York for a seventh season, according to reports.
“The Giants and WR Sterling Shepard have reached agreement on a restructured contract, sources tell me and [Ian Rapoport]. The longest-tenured player on the roster is sticking for a seventh season,” NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo tweeted.
Shepard was selected in the second round (40th overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft out of Oklahoma and has stayed with the Giants ever since. In his first six seasons in the league, he’s caught 349 passes for 3,884 yards and 21 touchdowns and has been a staple of the New York offense during the late Eli Manning-Daniel Jones era.
In December, Shepard tore his Achilles, effectively ending his season after seven games. Before his injury, the Oklahoma product secured 36 receptions for 366 yards and one score. He is expected to make a full recovery ahead of the 2022-23 season.
Details of his contract are unknown as of this writing.
LOOK: Colin Kaepernick attempting NFL comeback, status update revealed
Colin Kaepernick is attempting an NFL comeback, according to a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Kaepernick, 34, has not played an NFL snap since 2016, his last season with the San Francisco 49ers. That same season, Kaepernick began what later became a popular protest in which he knelt during the national anthem. A former second-round pick, Kaepernick still holds the record for most rushing yards by a quarterback in a single game (181 yards in January of 2013) and most rushing yards by a quarterback in a single postseason (264 yards in January of 2013). Kaepernick was on the 49ers for six seasons, starting 58 games, and he amassed a 28-30 record as a starting quarterback, while also leading the San Francisco 49ers to Super Bowl XLVII, where they lost 34-31 to the Baltimore Ravens.
Kaepernick recently posted a video of him working out on Twitter, along with the caption, “still working.” In a subsequent tweet, Schefter provided an update on Kaepernick’s hopeful return to the NFL.
“(Kaepernick is) in the best shape of his life,” Schefter wrote. “He wants to play. He’s ready play. He would be a great fit for teams with QB vacancies to fill who want to win a Super Bowl.”
In 58 career starts, Kaepernick holds a 59.8 completion percentage, while throwing 72 touchdowns and 30 interceptions. Meanwhile, Kaepernick showed off his mobility with the 49ers, rushing for 2,300 yards in 375 carries, including 13 touchdown carries. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Kaepernick was selected with the 36th-overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, as the San Francisco 49ers took him off the board in the second round, and he later made his debut as a starting quarterback following a near-career-ending injury to then-starting quarterback Alex Smith