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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.**
– The Giants today announced the signings of four players who attended the team's rookie minicamp this past weekend on a tryout basis.

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The Giants also terminated the contract of running back Chris Ogbonnaya and waived linebacker James Davidson and safety Thomas Gordon.

RB Kenneth Harper
Harper, 5-10 and 233 pounds, never missed a game in four seasons at Temple. He played in 48 games with 21 starts and his career totals included 269 carries for 1,113 yards (4.1-yard avg.) and 17 touchdowns and 66 receptions for 528 yards (8.0-yard avg.) and four scores.

As a senior in 2014, he ran for 305 yards and five touchdowns on 87 carries and caught 27 passes for 528 yards and a score. Against Memphis, Harper rushed for a career-high 116 yards, including a 74-yard touchdown.

WR Ben Edwards
Edwards, 5-10 and 197 pounds, was a two-time All-Colonial Athletic Conference first team selection. In four seasons, he caught 207 passes (second in school history) for 2,196 yards and 15 touchdowns.

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As a senior in 2013, Edwards had 74 receptions for 706 yards and five touchdowns, 31 rushing attempts for 153 yards and a score and led the Spiders with 12 punt returns for 124 yards. As a junior, Edwards led the CAA with 80 receptions for a team-high 852 yards. He caught 44 passes as a sophomore and nine in 2010, when he was one of six true freshmen to play for Richmond.

TE Will Tye
Tye, 6-2 and 262 pounds, played in 23 games with 18 starts in two seasons at Stony Brook after transferring from Florida State. His two-year totals were 79 catches for 1,015 yards and nine touchdowns.

In 2013, Tye had a career-high 45 receptions for 520 yards and four touchdowns. Last year, he caught 34 passes for 495 yards and a career-best five scores. At Florida State, Tye played in four games as a redshirt freshman in 2011 and four more in 2012.

DT Carlif Taylor
Taylor, 6-1 and 319 pounds, was a two-time All-Northeast-10 Conference selection. As a senior in 2014, he as a team captain, played in 11 games and was credited with 73 tackles, including eight for losses, and a half-sack. In his junior season, Taylor had 54 tackles (31 solo), 10.5 tackles for losses and three sacks in 10 games. Taylor is a New York City native who played at Cardinal Hayes High School.

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Ogbonnaya played on special teams in the Giants' final two games last season. Davidson also played in two games, Dec., 7 at Tennessee and Dec. 28 vs. Philadelphia. Gordon was in training camp with the Giants in 2014 and spent the final two weeks of the season on the practice squad.**

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