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Giants' late-round rookies at linebacker are starting to show up

Giants linebacker Tae Crowder walks across the practice field between drills during training camp at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center in East Rutherford, NJ, on Aug. 23. Credit: Brad Penner

Not much is expected from the last pick in the draft. He is called "Mr. Irrelevant" for a reason.

But when the Giants used that selection on Tae Crowder in April, inside linebackers coach Kevin Sherrer knew the title was not an appropriate one.

"With me being at the University of Georgia for four years, I kind of knew about him a little bit," Sherrer said this week.