{"id":329655,"date":"2026-08-25T22:56:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T22:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/329655\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T22:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T22:56:52","slug":"calvin-austin-injury-ny-giants-wr-carted-off-with-right-knee-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/329655\/","title":{"rendered":"Calvin Austin injury: NY Giants WR carted off with right knee injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Calvin Austin, who looked like he had earned the starting slot receiver job with the New York Giants, suffered what could be a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2092325706944405740\" rel=\"nofollow\">serious knee injury<\/a>\u201d during Tuesday\u2019s practice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Giants signed Austin after losing slot receiver Wan\u2019Dale Robinson, who topped 1,000 receiving yards last season, in free agency. He had been one of quarterback Jaxson Dart\u2019s favorite targets throughout training camp, and appeared to be a lock to make the roster and play a significant role on offense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">In Saturday\u2019s preseason game against the Miami Dolphins, Austin showed his versatility with a 21-yard rush, two receptions for 24 yards, and two punt returns for 29 yards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">On Monday, head coach John Harbaugh had praised the surprising versatility of the 5-foot-9, 162-pound Austin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cIt\u2019s pretty clear all the things he does well. And the nice thing about Calvin is that he can play all three spots. You can move him around in any one of those positions,\u201d Harbaugh said. \u201cHe\u2019s a quote, unquote, smaller receiver, and yet he can go outside. He\u2019s played outside a lot. You don\u2019t see that that often. So, he gives us a lot of versatility that way, and that \u2013 kind of everything you ask him to do, he does it well. He\u2019s very reliable. Runs the right routes, makes catches. He\u2019s been that way kind of his whole career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Austin spent the first three seasons of his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers. As Baltimore Ravens head coach, Harbaugh competed against him twice a year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">If Austin\u2019s injury is as severe as early reports indicate, it could open a spot on the roster for Odell Beckham Jr. Even though Beckham has been a sentimental favorite to earn a roster spot, until now reality has been that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigblueview.com\/new-york-giants-roster\/168106\/53-man-roster-projection-tough-decisions-loom-everywhere\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">there might not have been room for him<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">That may have now changed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Calvin Austin, who looked like he had earned the starting slot receiver job with the New York Giants,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,12183,8144,11,10],"class_list":["post-329655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-giants-injuries","tag-new-york-giants-news","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329655","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=329655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}