{"id":161981,"date":"2026-03-13T00:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T00:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/161981\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T00:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T00:32:11","slug":"new-york-giants-signing-wr-calvin-austin-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/161981\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Giants signing WR Calvin Austin III"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-giants\/351\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Giants;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;New York Giants&quot;}\" class=\"link \">New York Giants<\/a> are making another valuable addition to their offense and special teams this offseason. They are reportedly signing veteran wide receiver\/punt returner Calvin Austin III on a one-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>Austin, a fourth-round pick out of Memphis by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2022, was a part-time contributor on offense (84 receptions for 1,100 yards and eight touchdowns) for the past three seasons and a key cog on special teams as a punt returner.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Austin averaged 8.9 yards per attempt on 72 punt returns in his three seasons with the Steelers. He has a 73-yard return for a touchdown to his credit. That came against the Giants on Oct. 28, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Austin will compete for the primary punt return role with Gunner Olszewski, whom the Giants brought back last week.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/giantswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/giants\/2026\/03\/12\/new-york-giants-signing-calvin-austin-iii\/89126702007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Giants signing WR Calvin Austin III;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;New York Giants signing WR Calvin Austin III&quot;}\" class=\"link \">New York Giants signing WR Calvin Austin III<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Giants are making another valuable addition to their offense and special teams this offseason. They&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[46218,66803,66804,5504,66806,9,2683,11,10,66805,52987,622],"class_list":{"0":"post-161981","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-adam-schefter","9":"tag-calvin-austin","10":"tag-drew-rosenhaus","11":"tag-gunner-olszewski","12":"tag-kyle-lincoln","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-giants","15":"tag-new-york-headlines","16":"tag-new-york-news","17":"tag-punt-returner","18":"tag-special-teams","19":"tag-steelers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}