{"id":844956,"date":"2026-03-31T13:55:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/844956\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T13:55:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:55:55","slug":"19-ex-new-york-giants-are-playing-in-the-ufl-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/844956\/","title":{"rendered":"19 ex-New York Giants are playing in the UFL this season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the United Football League kicked off its 2026 season this past weekend, several familiar faces from the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-giants\/351\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Giants;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;New York Giants&quot;}\" class=\"link \">New York Giants<\/a>\u2019 past are back on the field, chasing another shot at professional glory or simply keeping the dream alive in spring football.<\/p>\n<p>From high-profile first-round picks and speedy playmakers to gritty contributors and defensive standouts, these ex-Giants bring valuable NFL experience, big-play potential, and unfinished business to teams across the league.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look at former Giants currently playing in the UFL and the years they spent in East Rutherford.<\/p>\n<p>1 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys: Best photos from Week 18<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\">Dallas Cowboys (home, away)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fc86a2f333e818824c5c0e96b0dd85df.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>1 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys: Best photos from Week 18<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\">Dallas Cowboys (home, away)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2a7c96ad5bece48f2bf5bd68c829dc30.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>2 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants&#8217; 2026 opponents<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\">Washington Commanders (home, away)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8ba7cc5bf6f5017f092c875f5da23bd2.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>3 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants&#8217; 2026 opponents<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\">Philadelphia Eagles (home, away)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/044fd78c813e931c17fbbd7e6d8f2c83.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>4 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants&#8217; 2026 opponents<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/9ae1cb69984f12a9cb6a91b146330597.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>5 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants&#8217; 2026 opponents<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/f7f2e282eff84b74b5b86ac5fc6bf66b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>6 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants&#8217; 2026 opponents<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\">Jacksonville Jaguars (home)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1331d7d3555afed7eeea5f12a8ec6518.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>7 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants&#8217; 2026 opponents<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\">New Orleans Saints (home)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/85de729137fb577dbe731c917ef0a68a.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>8 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants&#8217; 2026 opponents<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\">San Francisco 49ers (home)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8bcfa904b24ff5f926151e9224a455bf.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>9 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants&#8217; 2026 opponents<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/36649964d320f82ee2c40cc64e280ba7.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>10 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants vs. Detroit Lions: Best photos from Week 12<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/9581281b951b356cce42b0ff455192e0.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>11 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants&#8217; 2026 opponents<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\">Indianapolis Colts (road)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/28fbe9decb3121be5340c13b0c27fc84.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>12 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants&#8217; 2026 opponents<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/54cd5b2d0ea8460a35a225c511f5d1c2.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>13 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants&#8217; 2026 opponents<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1e72191400a98182dae0707016270096.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>14 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants&#8217; 2026 opponentsBirmingham Stallions<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">LB Tae Crowder (2020-2022)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">LB Dyontae Johnson (2023-2024)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">WR Jaydon Mickens (2022-2023)<\/p>\n<p>Columbus Aviators<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">CB O&#8217;Donnell Fortune (2025)<\/p>\n<p>Dallas RenegadesDC Defenders<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">DE Boogie Basham (2023-2024)<\/p>\n<p>Houston GamblersLouisville KingsOrlando Storm<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">RB Jashaun Corbin (2023, 2024)<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis BattleHawks<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/giantswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/giants\/2026\/03\/31\/19-ex-new-york-giants-playing-ufl-2026\/89383671007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:19 ex-New York Giants are playing in the UFL this season;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;19 ex-New York Giants are playing in the UFL this season&quot;}\" class=\"link \">19 ex-New York Giants are playing in the UFL this season<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the United Football League kicked off its 2026 season this past weekend, several familiar faces from the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":844957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[44556,20633,15073,19116,27037,53762,8344,17011,7,519,32351,31312,3503,41448,32455,115933,1917,56,2321,2469,6,27021,115932,9789,18062],"class_list":["post-844956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-giants","tag-alex-cook","tag-boogie-basham","tag-casey-rogers","tag-curtis-jacobs","tag-deandre-baker","tag-deon-jackson","tag-dyontae-johnson","tag-familiar-faces","tag-football","tag-giants","tag-jashaun-corbin","tag-jaydon-mickens","tag-jaylon-moore","tag-john-ross","tag-mario-goodrich","tag-nate-meadors","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-giants","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkgiants","tag-nfl","tag-tae-crowder","tag-tashawn-bower","tag-united-football-league","tag-zach-davidson"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116324141909505443","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=844956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}