Photos of LB Ashlee Palmer's career with the Lions
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.
– Injuries continue to force the Giants to tinker with their roster.
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Safety Justin Currie (ankle) and linebacker Tony Johnson (knee) were waived/injured today. Both players were hurt in the Giants' 22-12 preseason victory over Jacksonville on Saturday night.
Their roster spots were filled by veteran linebacker Ashlee Palmer of Ole Miss and rookie defensive back C.J. Conway of Montclair State.
Palmer, a 6-1, 238-pound seven-year veteran, has played in 94 regular-season games with 24 starts and in two postseason games with one start. He has missed only two games in his six seasons, the first and last games of his rookie year in 2009. Palmer has played in 80 consecutive regular-season games. Palmer played his first season for the Buffalo Bills and the previous five years with the Detroit Lions.
Primarily a strongside linebacker, his career totals include 107 tackles (83 solo), 2.5 sacks, four forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and 51 special teams tackles.
In 2014, he played in all 16 games with five starts and he started Detroit's NFC Wild Card Game in Dallas. Palmer had 12 tackles (eight solo) and a career-high 1.5 sacks last season.
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
Palmer entered the NFL as a rookie free agent with Buffalo in 2009. He played in 14 games with two starts as a rookie. The Bills waived him on Feb. 16, 2010 and he was awarded to the Lions.
In his first year in Detroit in 2010, Palmer had a career-high 42 tackles (33 solo), including his first career sack.
Conway, 6-2 and 200 pounds, was the New Jersey Athletic Conference's Defensive Player of the Year in 2014, when he was also chosen to the American Football Coaches Association Division III Team, as well as First Team by USA Football.
Conway, a First-Team D3Football All-Region and First-Team All-NJAC honoree, led the NJAC in passes defended with 17 and was second with eight interceptions, as he also registered 51 tackles and forced two fumbles. He picked off four passes against Cortland in a 30-20 win, MSU's first in Cortland since 2003, earning him a spot on the D3Football.com "Team of the Week."
He ended his career with 33 pass breakups, second-best on the career list.
Currie and Johnson were rookie free agents.
