You could count the touchdowns scored last season by Giants tight ends on one hand and still have two fingers left. Will Tye had one. So did Jerell Adams. Larry Donnell had one, too.
That’s it. Three touchdowns.
No wonder the Giants want and hope to get an immediate impact out of Evan Engram, their first-round draft pick from Mississippi.
“We will see how fast he develops, how fast he grows, how fast he learns, and we think that the sky is the limit,’’ coach Ben McAdoo said Friday at Giants rookie minicamp.
These days are reserved for indoctrination and Engram, despite his physical gifts, will have a steep learning curve, coming from a spread offense in college that often put him out wide, off the ball, rather than alongside an offensive tackle — the more traditional NFL tight end placement.