Lockett attended the Chiefs minicamp last weekend, but was not signed by Kansas City.
He will try again this weekend with the Giants.
6'1" 207 pounds, Lockett is now the sixth known player that will have a tryout with the Giants at Safety.
Here is the latest list of the 34 Giants tryout players that have been announced on social media (last year there were 49, so more names will be learned Friday morning):
QB Liam Thompson Wabash
RB Dylan McDuffie Kansas
RB Dontae Smith Georgia Tech
TE Jjay McAfee Georgia Southern
TE Treyton Pickering Montana St
WR Chris Autman-Bell Minnesota
WR Geordon Porter Connecticut
WR Nick Mardner Auburn
WR DeQuece Carter Indiana
WR Billy Kemp Nebraska
WR Khaleb Hood Georgia Southern
WR MJ Wright Fordham
OL William Barnes North Carolina
OL Chaz Neal Florida Atlantic
OL Duro Ajayi College of New Jersey
OL Kameren Stewart Bowling Green
OL JD Duplain Michigan State
DT Elijah Chatman SMU
DT Kenyonte Davis Western Kentucky
Edge Mase Funa Oregon
Edge Jake Heimlicher UCLA
Edge Elijah McAllister Auburn
LB Tristan Wheeler Richmond
LB Quae Drake Jacksonville
LB Andre White Georgia Tech
S Jeremiah Lewis Duke
S Kam Pedescleaux Tulane
S Myles Heard Louisiana Tech
S Nash Fouch Montana
S Keondre Swoopes UAB
S Sam Lockett Washington St
CB Kalon Gervin Kansas
CB Ben Labrosse McGill (Canada)
P Lucas Dean UTSA
Our qb room is loaded.
For those interested, here are the players that Joe Schoen invited in his two prior years as Giants GM:
2022 vet invites:
QB Brian Lewerke
RB Antonio Williams
WR Austin Proehl
WR Travis Toivonen
OL Devery Hamilton
2023 vet invites:
Edge Darryl Johnson
Edge Jonathan Kongbo
CB Iman Marshall
QB Bryce Perkins
CB Nigel Warrior
1. Missouri OL Marcellus Johnson
2. North Dakota State OL Jake Kubas
3. LSU DE/LB Ovie Oghoufo
4. Oregon DT Casey Rogers
5. UCLA DB Alex Johnson
6. West Florida WR Jon Jiles
7. Wyoming WR Ayir Asante
8. Rutgers Kicker Jude McAtamney
9. Bowling Green OL Kameren Stewart
If we learn Friday morning that 3 UDFA signings are happening along the OL, we should expect some OL cut(s) from the current roster as well.
It will include a few eligible current roster players.
Eligible roster players are those that have not achieved one year of NFL credited service. I believe the Giants have the following 6:
Clearly newly signed rookie RB Dante Miller (S.Carolina/Columbia) will participate plus these 5 (as I understand the rule):
1. WR Chase Cota
2. CB Kaleb Hayes
3. WR Dennis Houston
4. LB Dyontae Johnson
5. LB Jeremiah Martin
1. He is currently the tallest Giants receiver at 6' 4 1/8"
2. For anyone on BBI researching the QBs in the recent draft, you probably saw Bo Nix games at Oregon in 2022. In the first four games, Cota was Nix "go to receiver"-about 20 catches in those games. (Of course Troy Franklin was also heavily involved, and even more so after an injury to Cota)
3. Cota had solid success with his time at both UCLA and Oregon
4. The Giants practiced and scrimmaged with Detroit last summer-the team that signed Cota as an UDFA. The Giants beat writers were there and several times commented on the noticeable play of Cota.
5. In the Giants preseason game against the Lions in August, Cota had 4 receptions and over 80 yards.
6. Cota's Dad is Chad Cota, who was an NFL Safety for 8 seasons.
The Giants receiver group is crowded and its a certainly a longshot for Cota. But still- a player worth watching is WR Chase Cota.
1. He is currently the tallest Giants receiver at 6' 4 1/8"
2. For anyone on BBI researching the QBs in the recent draft, you probably saw Bo Nix games at Oregon in 2022. In the first four games, Cota was Nix "go to receiver"-about 20 catches in those games. (Of course Troy Franklin was also heavily involved, and even more so after an injury to Cota)
3. Cota had solid success with his time at both UCLA and Oregon
4. The Giants practiced and scrimmaged with Detroit last summer-the team that signed Cota as an UDFA. The Giants beat writers were there and several times commented on the noticeable play of Cota.
5. In the Giants preseason game against the Lions in August, Cota had 4 receptions and over 80 yards.
6. Cota's Dad is Chad Cota, who was an NFL Safety for 8 seasons.
The Giants receiver group is crowded and its a certainly a longshot for Cota. But still- a player worth watching is WR Chase Cota.
Good stuff.