For many players, running through the tunnel and onto the field for the first time is the moment they realize they’re in the NFL.
For Tyrell Chavis, that sensation came when he saw others doing it.
The Giants’ rookie defensive tackle, who played two seasons at Nassau CC before attending Penn State, told Newsday that the point when being a pro football player really set in for him was when the Giants were in Detroit two weeks ago and he saw the Lions come onto the field.