Adoree' Jackson returns to Giants on one-year contract, source says
Adoree' Jackson of the Giants reacts after a defensive play against the Packers at MetLife Stadium on Dec. 11, 2023. Credit: Jim McIsaac
Adoree’ Jackson and the Giants have reunited.
The 28-year-old cornerback has signed with the Giants, according to a source. The deal for Jackson, who took a physical Friday morning, is for one year.
Jackson, who did not catch on with another club in free agency, returns to his former team, which has a need at the cornerback position.
Jackson was a first-round pick of the Titans in the 2017 draft and was with Tennessee during his first four NFL seasons before moving to the Giants from 2021-23.
On the cusp of the opening week of the season, the Giants clearly were not satisfied with their depth at cornerback. They had worked out several cornerbacks, and it is somewhat surprising that an NFL team would flirt with leaving itself short at such a premium position.
It remains to be seen if Jackson will start opposite cornerback Deonte Banks, who begins his second year, and also how the Giants and defensive coordinator Shane Bowen will deploy the cornerbacks on their roster.
The depth chart at the moment, besides Banks and Jackson, includes Dru Phillips, Tre Hawkins III, Isaiah Simmons and Nick McCloud.
Kimberly Jones covers the Giants for Newsday, a beat she first worked in the early 2000s before joining the YES Network to cover the Yankees. She worked for the NFL Network for more than a decade and has been heard semi-regularly on WFAN.
