Giants continue building out their 90-man roster
The New York Giants have signed a pair of players from the AFC Champion Kansas City Chiefs to their practice.
The Giants have signed cornerback Nic Jones and wide receiver Montrell Washington to reserve/futures contract. The agency for the players, JL Sports, made the announcement on social media.
Jones, 6-foot, 189 pounds, was a seventh-round pick out of Ball State by the Chiefs in 2023. He played in nine games for Kansas City in 2023 and one in 2024.
Here is a pre-2023 draft scouting report on Jones, 23, from NFL.com:
Jones is a long cornerback with average speed but a natural feel for making plays on the football. He’s more confident and consistent at maintaining his feel for the route from press than from off-man. Jones plays with a lane-jumping mentality in off coverage when flat-footed but could succumb to double moves in the pros. Shoddy tackling will work against him, but teams will appreciate his ability to challenge punts and kicks off the edge. Jones might find work as a backup in a press-heavy scheme if he tests well.
Washington, who turns 26, next month, was a fifth-round pick by the Denver Broncos in 2022. He is a 5-foot-10, 170-pound player. He appeared in one game for Denver in 2022, catching four passes for for just 2 yards, and rushing five times for 30 yards.
Washington spent the 2024 season on the Kansas City practice squad.
As a senior at Samford, Washington caught 93 passes for 1,086 yards and 10 touchdowns, had 74 carries for 801 yards and seven touchdowns, returned eight kickoffs for 283 yards and a touchdown, and returned five punts for 95 yards. He amassed 2,265 all-purpose yards that season.
