Giants Injury Updates: RB Tyrone Tracy, Jr. Trending in Right Direction

For the second time this season, the New York Giants will face the Washington Commanders with a change to their kicking situation due to injury.

The Giants went into Week 2  with kicker Graham Gano showing up late in the week on the injury report with a groin strain. Gano was deemed good to go for the game, but on the opening kickoff, he pulled a hamstring on the opening kickoff and landed on injured reserve.

This time around, Greg Joseph, Gano’s replacement, landed on the injury report late in the week, listed with an oblique strain that popped up between the end of Thursday’s practice and the start of Friday’s. Joseph has already been declared out of Sunday’s game.

Given the timing of the injury, the Giants intend to use Jude McAtamney, who has been on their practice squad with an exemption due to his international status.

McAtamney, an Ulster Under-20 Gaelic football champion with Derry in 2018, is a native of County Londonderry in Northern Ireland who spent his last two seasons at Rutgers University. 

During the Scarlet Knights’ 2022 season, the 6-2, 205-pound McAtamney played in all 12 games, finishing 12-for-18 on field goals, with five of his attempts coming at 40+ yards (including a long of 49 made twice). He also finished as the team’s scoring leader with 59 points.

Last season, McAtamney was more of the school’s kickoff specialist. In 13 games, he set a Rutgers school record with 40 touchbacks on 60 kickoffs, with zero going out of bounds. McAtamney earned Academic All-Big Ten honors. 

Meanwhile, running back Tyrone Tracy, Jr. has cleared the concussion protocol and did not receive an injury designation.

Bold denotes a change in status/new addition to the report.