Outside linebacker Elerson Smith, the Giants' fourth-round draft choice, has signed his rookie contract.
He became the fourth member of the six-man draft class to do so, joining fellow linebacker and second-round pick Azeez Ojulari, and the two sixth-round choices, running back Gary Brightwell and cornerback Rodarius Williams.
Smith played in 38 games with 15 starts in three seasons at Northern Iowa, where he recorded 85 tackles (41 solo) 22.0 sacks, 32.5 tackles for loss, six forced fumbles, 16 quarterback hits, eight passes defensed, and two blocked kicks.
He did not play in what would have been his final season after the Missouri Valley Conference postponed its 2020 season to early 2021. In 2019, Smith started all 15 of the Panthers' games and was named first-team All-Missouri Valley Conference and first-team All-FCS by the American Football Coaches Association All-American. He recorded career-high totals of 63 tackles (28 solo), 14.0 sacks, 21.5 tackles, a school single-season record 14 quarterback hurries, five forced fumbles, and two blocked kicks for a team that finished 10-5. He Led the MVC in sacks, tackles for loss, and forced fumbles.
View the best images of the draft class on the field for the first time at the 2021 New York Giants Rookie Minicamp.
WR Kadarius Toney (89)
WR Benjamin Kelvin (85)
LB Elerson Smith (58)
QB Clayton Thorson (17)
LB Elerson Smith (58)
QB Clayton Thorson (17)
QB Clayton Thorson (17)
LB Elerson Smith (58)
CB Rodarius Williams (25)
WR Kadarius Toney (89)
WR Kadarius Toney (89)
LB Azeez Ojulari (51)
WR Kadarius Toney (89)
LB Azeez Ojulari (51)
RB Gary Brightwell (37)
RB Sandro Platzgummer (34)
RB Sandro Platzgummer (34)
RB Gary Brightwell (37)
RB Sandro Platzgummer (34)
RB Jordan Chunn (38)
RB Sandro Platzgummer (34)
RB Jordan Chunn (38)
RB Sandro Platzgummer (34)
RB Jordan Chunn (38)
QB Clayton Thorson (17)
LB Garrett Cale (41)
LB Azeez Ojulari (51)
LB Garrett Cale (41)
DL David Moa (96)
WR Derrick Dillon (6)
Nathan Rourke (12)
WR Kadarius Toney (89)
WR Kelvin Benjamin (85)
Nathan Rourke (12)
WR Kadarius Toney (89)
WR Kadarius Toney (89)
WR Kadarius Toney (89)
WR Kadarius Toney (89)
WR Kadarius Toney (89)
LB Elerson Smith (58)
CB Rodarius Williams (25)
CB Rodarius Williams (25)
LB Elerson Smith (58)
LB Azeez Ojulari (51)
CB Rodarius Williams (25)
CB Aaron Robinson (33)
LB Elerson Smith (58)
LB Elerson Smith (58)
TE Nakia Griffin-Stewart (47)
CB Rodarius Williams (25)
CB Rodarius Williams (25)
DL David Moa (96)
LB Elerson Smith (58)
LB Azeez Ojulari (51)
LB Cale Garrett (41)
RB Gary Brightwell (37)
RB Gary Brightwell (37)
LB Elerson Smith (58)
RB Gary Brightwell (37)
WR Kadarius Toney (89)
CB Aaron Robinson (33)
WR Kadarius Toney (89)
LB Elerson Smith (58)
CB Rodarius Williams (25)
TE Kelvin Benjamin (85)
WR Kadarius Toney (89)
LB Elerson Smith (58)
WR Kadarius Toney (89)
New York Giants running back Gary Brightwell (37) works out during NFL football mini camp at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center on Friday May 14, 2021 in East Rutherford, NJ (Evan Pinkus via AP)
LB Elerson Smith (58)
LB Azeez Ojulari (51)
CB Aaron Robinson (33)
CB Aaron Robinson (33)
CB Aaron Robinson (33)
WR Kadarius Toney (89)
LB Elerson Smith (58)
QB Clayton Thorson (17)
WR Kelvin Benjamin (85)
LB Elerson Smith (58)
QB Clayton Thorson (17)
LB Azeez Ojulari (51)
WR Kadarius Toney (89)
WR Kadarius Toney (89)
RB Gary Brightwell (37)
WR Kadarius Toney (89)
LB Azeez Ojulari (51)
WR Kadarius Toney (89)
WR Kadarius Toney (89)
G Jake Burton (70)
WR Kelvin Benjamin (85)
LB Azeez Ojulari (51)
CB Aaron Robinson (33)
CB Rodarius Williams (25)
LB Azeez Ojulari (51)
CB Aaron Robinson (33)
LB Elerson Smith (58)
G Jake Burton (70)
CB Rodarius Williams (25)
LB Elerson Smith (58)
CB Aaron Robinson (33)
CB Rodarius Williams (25)
LB Azeez Ojulari (51)
CB Rodarius Williams (25)
WR Kadarius Toney (89)
DE Raymond Johnson III (91), David Moa (96)
CB Rodarius Williams (25)
DE Raymond Johnson III (91), David Moa (96)
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