EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants re-signed quarterback Tommy DeVito on Saturday. He was an exclusive rights free agent.
DeVito gets a one-year deal worth $1.03 million, the minimum salary for a player with his experience. There is no guaranteed money.
DeVito is the only quarterback currently under contract for the Giants, who are expected to add a veteran in free agency and likely the draft. Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson are expected to be among the top free-agent options.
«We're going to look for the best player available that can help us win games in '25,» general manager Joe Schoen said recently. «That's what we're going to do.»
The Giants made it known to DeVito immediately after the season that he would be tendered as an exclusive rights free agent. Schoen has said each time that he's talked publicly that DeVito was the only quarterback on the roster.
Last year's No. 2, Drew Lock, is set to become a free agent.
DeVito, 26, burst onto the scene as an undrafted rookie when he started and won three straight games, including when he led a game-winning drive in the final minutes of a Monday Night Football win over the Green Bay Packers.
The New Jersey native became an instant sensation for his underdog story and Italian heritage. The local product, a native of Cedar Grove, New Jersey, remains a fan favorite.
It didn't come without success on the field. DeVito threw eight touchdown passes and three interceptions in nine games as an undrafted rookie out of the University of Illinois. It was out of nowhere. The Giants even went with him as the starter (ahead of Lock) when Daniel Jones was benched and eventually released this past season.
But DeVito only ended up starting two games because of an arm injury that
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