{"id":227073,"date":"2026-05-11T12:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T12:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/227073\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T12:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T12:07:11","slug":"new-york-giants-rookie-francis-mauigoa-cant-wait-to-move-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/227073\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Giants rookie Francis Mauigoa ‘can’t wait to move people’"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 11, 2026, 7:02 a.m. ET<\/p>\n

First-round offensive lineman Francis Mauigoa quickly connected with the New York Giants<\/a>‘ veterans upon arrival last week. During physicals at team facilities ahead of rookie minicamp, he met starting right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor and felt an instant bond.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a cool guy. We\u2019re excited about each other. Can\u2019t wait to move people,\u201d Mauigoa told reporters.<\/p>\n

The Samoan-born lineman is transitioning from right tackle at the University of Miami to guard in the NFL. He practiced at guard and center throughout college in addition to his starting role, giving him valuable positional versatility.<\/p>\n

Mauigoa has also leaned on advice from NFL veterans, including his brother Francisco “Kiko” Mauigoa (New York Jets), former Miami teammate Jalen Rivers (Cincinnati Bengals), and offseason work with Jon Feliciano. He noted that the main adjustments inside are the reduced space and faster pace, but he views them as something he will adapt to quickly.<\/p>\n

The rookie praised head coach John Harbaugh as an \u201cold school\u201d coach who demands hard work while keeping things professional and safe.<\/p>\n

Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n

With a humble, hard-working attitude and early chemistry with veterans like Eluemunor, Mauigoa is poised to contribute right away as the Giants aim to build a physical — “bully” — offensive line.<\/p>\n

\"\"\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 11, 2026, 7:02 a.m. ET First-round offensive lineman Francis Mauigoa quickly connected with the New York Giants‘…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[679,9,11,10,87161,1941,1942,948,16532,950,930,932,947,1328,949,682],"class_list":["post-227073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-accessfree","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-sourcegiants-wire","tag-sstssportsnflgiants","tag-sstsngiants","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagjermaine-eluemunor","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnew-york-giants","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227073","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=227073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}