RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. clears NFL concussion protocol

Running back Tyrone Tracy Jr. has cleared the concussion protocol.

Tracy continues to be one of the Giants’ – and the NFL’s – best fifth-round draft choices in recent years.

Before the injury in Pittsburgh, the rookie running back rushed for a season-high 145 yards on 20 carries, the longest a 45-yarder for the Giants’ only touchdown with 11:07 remaining in the third quarter. Tracy is the first Giants running back with 100+ rushing yards and a rushing touchdown since Saquon Barkley vs. Houston on Nov. 13, 2022 (152 yards and one score).

Tracy, who ran for 129 yards in the Giants’ victory in Seattle on Oct. 6, is the first Giants back with multiple 100-yard games in a season since Barkley in 2022, and the first rookie since Barkley in 2018.

Tracy’s 145 yards was the highest rushing total by a Giants rookie since Barkley ran for 179 yards at Washington on Dec. 9, 2018. Tracy tied Eddie Price for the fifth-highest rushing total by a rookie in Giants history. Price ran for 145 yards at Baltimore on Nov. 19, 1950. The only rookies with more yards were Bill Paschal (188 yards vs. Washington on Dec. 5, 1943), Barkley (170 yards at Washington on Dec. 9, 2018), Price (156 yards vs. the New York Yanks on Dec. 3, 1950) and Ahmad Bradshaw (151 yards at Buffalo on Dec. 23, 2007).

Tracy’s 45-yard run was the Giants’ longest offensive play of the season. The previous long plays were a pair of 43-yarders: Devin Singletary’s run late in the victory at Cleveland on Sept. 22 in which he slid short of the goal line to keep the clock moving and Darius Slayton’s 43-yard reception on the Giants’ first possession Monday night – the Giants’ longest completion of the season.

Tracy’s 45-yarder was the Giants’ longest run since Wayne Gallman gained 60 yards at Seattle on Dec. 6, 2020, and the team’s longest touchdown run since Barkley’s 67-yarder at Washington on Dec. 22, 2019.