Perennially, the New York Giants search high and low for linebacker help. Low-round draft choices, low-budget free agents. Mostly, they try to turn other people’s trash into something akin to Big Blue treasure.
The Giants are hoping undrafted rookie free agent Josiah Tauaefa, from Texas-San Antonio, can become one of those unlikely treasures. So, let’s study the 22-year-old Tauaefa as we near the end of our player-by-player profiles of the 90-man roster that will soon report for training camp.
The basics
Height: 6-foot-1
Weight: 232
Age: 22
Position: Linebacker
Experience: 0
How he got here
Tauaefa played three seasons at UTSA, transitioning from defensive end to linebacker for his final two seasons.