{"id":857417,"date":"2025-06-22T19:13:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T00:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/22\/giants-left-with-one-more-rookie-to-sign-after-darius-alexander-inks-deal\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T19:13:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T00:13:21","slug":"giants-left-with-one-more-rookie-to-sign-after-darius-alexander-inks-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/22\/giants-left-with-one-more-rookie-to-sign-after-darius-alexander-inks-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants left with one more rookie to sign after Darius Alexander inks deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>And then there was one.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Third-round pick Darius Alexander became the sixth member of the Giants\u2019 seven-man draft class to sign his rookie contract Monday, leaving only fourth-rounder Cam Skattebo unsigned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the No. 65 pick, Alexander\u2019s contract is expected to be worth about $6.75 million over four years under the NFL rookie wage scale, according to spotrac.com.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36121085\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/91-speaks-media-rookie-camp-104173665.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Darius Alexander, New York Giants rookie, at rookie camp.\"  ><figcaption> Giants defensive tackle Darius Alexander (91) signed his rookie contract on Monday. <span>Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Like all Giants draft picks, Alexander competed in rookie minicamp and has participated in OTAs without signing because of a waiver protecting him against injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Defensive tackle arguably is the most upgraded position on the roster, but Alexander is fighting for a starting spot alongside Dexter Lawrence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Free agents Roy Robertson-Harris and Jeremiah Ledbetter also were added to the position where Rakeem Nunez-Roches, D.J. Davidson and Jordon Riley are returning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36121096\" width=\"755\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/44-new-york-giants-held-104252883.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"New York Giants rookie Cam Skattebo (44) at minicamp.\"  ><figcaption>Running back Cam Skattebo (44) when the Giants held Rookie Minicamp Saturday, May 10, 2025  <span>Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTrusting my coaches and the veteran guys out there believing in them, taking coaching from them while they\u2019re helping me,\u201d Alexander said after his first practice in the NFL. \u201cSo next thing after that, it\u2019d be just effort, just going out there running fast to the ball everywhere it goes. So, I\u2019d say that\u2019s the key to success right there.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alexander, 24, spent six seasons at Toledo and was one of the stars of the Senior Bowl. <\/p>\n<p>The Giants refused to trade the No. 65 pick in the deal that allowed them to move from No. 34 to No. 25 to land quarterback Jaxson Dart.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Ryan Dunleavy<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/02\/sports\/giants-left-with-one-more-rookie-to-sign-after-darius-alexander-inks-deal\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And then there was one.\u00a0 Third-round pick Darius Alexander became the sixth member of the Giants\u2019 seven-man draft class to sign his rookie contract Monday, leaving only fourth-rounder Cam Skattebo unsigned.\u00a0 As the No. 65 pick, Alexander\u2019s contract is expected to be worth about $6.75 million over four years under the NFL rookie wage scale<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":857418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22153,23112],"tags":[7858,7854],"class_list":{"0":"post-857417","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-giants","8":"category-rookie","9":"tag-giants","10":"tag-rookie"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}