Photos of Giants OL John Jerry
1. After signing as a free agent with the Giants last March, Jerry started all 16 games at right guard in his first season with the team. He returns for a second with Big Blue and sixth overall in the NFL. Before the Giants, Jerry played the first four seasons (2010-2013) of his career with the Dolphins.
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2. Originally a third-round (73rd pick overall) choice by Miami in the 2010 NFL Draft, Jerry has played 73 career games with 61 starts, including every regular-season game at right guard for the last three years. He has made two career starts at left tackle, which came at the end of 2011 with the Dolphins. Overall, he has started 49 consecutive games.
3. The 6-foot-5, 340-pound Jerry was part of a unit that helped to improve the Giants' offensive numbers from 28th in yards in 2013 to 10th in 2014. A large part of that improvement was through the air, where the Giants went from 19th to seventh in yards. On the ground, the Giants also improved from 83.3 yards per game (29th) to 100.2 (23rd) in 2014.
4. Jerry was a four-year starter (2006-09) at Mississippi, the alma mater of his current quarterback, Eli Manning. There, Jerry played in 49 games with 46 starts and was credited with 323 knockdowns with 34 touchdown-resulting blocks as a starter. He blocked for a 1,000-yard rusher in 2006, 2007 and 2009. He earned second-team All-America and first-team All-Southeastern Conference honors. Jerry roomed for three summers with Michael Oher, whose life was the subject of the 2009 film "The Blind Side."
5. Before Ole Miss, Jerry attended South Panola High School in Batesville, Miss., where he led the team to a 44-1 record, including state championships in 2003 and 2004, while being runners-up in 2002. His older brother, Peria, was an All-SEC and All-American defensive tackle at Ole Miss (2004-08) and was selected in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons. His cousin, Dwayne Rudd, was an All-America linebacker at Alabama (1994-96) and was selected in the first round of the 1997 NFL Draft by Minnesota, playing for the Vikings (1997-2000), Cleveland (2001-02) and Tampa Bay (2003).
Photos of the Giants 2015 official roster
CB Prince Amukamara
DE Robert Ayers Jr.
DE BRAD BARS
LT Will Beatty
LB Jon Beason
WR Odell Beckham Jr.
Safety Nat Berhe
DT Jay Bromley
CB Chykie Brown
K Josh Brown
SAFETY STEVIE BROWN
KICKER CHRIS BOSWELL
LB Jonathan Casillas
OL Emmett Cleary
Safety Landon Collins
DB C.J. CONWAY
WR Victor Cruz
TE Jerome Cunnigham
RB Orleans Darkwa
WR Geremy Davis
LS Zak DeOssie
TE Larry Donnell
OL Sean Donnelly
DT Kenrick Ellis
LB Cole Farrand
TE Daniel Fells
CB Chandler Fenner
OL Ereck Flowers
OL Adam Gettis
DT Dominique Hamilton
DT Johnathan Hankins
RB Kenneth Harper
WR/KR Dwayne Harris
CB Mike Harris
OL Bobby Hart
LB Mark Herzlich
CB Jayron Hosley
FB Henry Hynoski
DE/DT Cullen Jenkins
RB Rashad Jennings
John Jerry, Offensive Lineman RE-SIGNED WITH GIANTS
OL Brett Jones
WR JAMES JONES
LB Devon Kennard
DT Markus Kuhn
QB Eli Manning
CB Trumaine McBride
LB Jameel McClain
SAFETY BRANDON MERIWEATHER
SAFETY JEROMY MILES
DE Damontre Moore
QB Ryan Nassib
OT Marshall Newhouse
DE Owa Odighizuwa
LB ASHLEE PALMER
WR PRESTON PARKER
DE Jason Pierre-Paul (Reserve/Franchise Player)
RT Justin Pugh
WR Rueben Randle
OL Dallas Reynolds
OL Weston Richburg
TE Adrien Robinson
CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie
OL Geoff Schwartz
DE George Selvie
QB Ricky Stanzi
WR Julian Talley
Safety Cooper Taylor
LB J.T. Thomas III
LB Devin Unga
RB Shane Vereen
DB Trevin Wade
WR Corey Washington
Punter Brad Wing
FB Nikita Whitlock
RB Andre Williams
DE Kerry Wynn
