{"id":848807,"date":"2026-04-02T07:44:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/848807\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T07:44:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:44:42","slug":"new-york-giants-isaiah-likely-will-wear-jersey-no-9-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/848807\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Giants&#8217; Isaiah Likely will wear jersey No. 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 1, 2026, 1:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The New York Giants haven&#8217;t formally announced their uniform numbers for the upcoming 2026 NFL season, but some of the newer players are already staking claim to jersey numbers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Such is the case for free agent tight end Isaiah Likely, whom the Giants inked to a three-year, $40 million deal three weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Likely, who played his first four NFL seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, wore No. 80, but as a Giant, he&#8217;s changing his look.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Likely recently posted on his IG account that he will be wearing No. 9 this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">No. 9 was most recently worn by veteran placekicker Graham Gano, who was waived with a &#8220;failed physical&#8221; by the Giants on March 30.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The team&#8217;s website also lists No. 9 as being assigned to wide receiver Ryan Miller, whom the Giants picked up on waivers from Tampa Bay last December.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775115880_807_86373428007-square-1.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 1, 2026, 1:00 p.m. ET The New York Giants haven&#8217;t formally announced their uniform numbers for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":848808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[95878,7,519,1917,56,2321,2469,6,96069,96070,95882,104008,96324,102302,95896,95888,95899,103874,96295,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-848807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-giants","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-giants","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-giants","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkgiants","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sstssportsnflgiants","17":"tag-sstsngiants","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-taggraham-gano","20":"tag-taginstagram","21":"tag-tagisaiah-likely","22":"tag-tagnational-sports","23":"tag-tagnfl","24":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","25":"tag-tagryan-miller","26":"tag-tagsports-fan-gear-apparel","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116334000712769758","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848807","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=848807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/848808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}