Jason Pierre-Paul, the Giants’ two-time Pro Bowl defensive end, had his right index finger amputated on Wednesday at a South Florida hospital, according to a person in football with knowledge of the procedure.
The amputation took place four days after Pierre-Paul injured both hands during a fireworks accident on July 4.
Giants officials, including the trainer Ronnie Barnes, flew to Miami to visit Pierre-Paul at Jackson Memorial Hospital, but were spurned in their attempts to see him. They got no farther than the waiting room, a team official said, and returned home on Wednesday hours before ESPN’s Adam Schefter first disclosed that an operation had taken place.