{"id":329547,"date":"2026-08-25T20:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T20:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/329547\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T20:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T20:36:07","slug":"new-york-giants-wr-calvin-austin-carted-off-practice-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/329547\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Giants WR Calvin Austin carted off practice field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. &#8212; <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/nyg\/new-york-giants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Giants<\/a> wide receiver <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4243389\/calvin-austin-iii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Calvin Austin<\/a> was carted off the field during a training camp practice Tuesday after appearing to injure his right knee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">One source described it as a &#8220;serious knee injury&#8221; to ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Austin, 27, was having a strong camp and preseason and looked to be on track for at least a prominent role on offense, if not a starting spot. That allowed him to stand out at a crowded position with plenty of uncertainty from <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4595348\/malik-nabers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Malik Nabers<\/a> coming off a torn ACL to <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/16733\/odell-beckham-jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Odell Beckham Jr<\/a>. fighting to make the roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">If he&#8217;s out, Austin&#8217;s absence could affect the numbers game at the position, with Beckham and <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3123075\/braxton-berrios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Braxton Berrios<\/a> among those on the roster bubble.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Austin was in his first camp with the Giants after signing a $1.5 million contract with them for this season. He had 89 catches for 1,140 yards and nine touchdowns in 51 games, counting the playoffs, over his first three NFL seasons, all with Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 ESPN Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. &#8212; New York Giants wide receiver Calvin Austin was carted off the field during a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[123904,123903,3080,9,2683,11,10,12,22],"class_list":["post-329547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-123904","tag-austin-iii-calvin","tag-espn","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-giants","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-news","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329547","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=329547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}