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Giants Release WR Darius Slayton

The New York Giants officially released veteran WR Darius Slayton on Monday, according to the NFL transactions wire. Slayton, 29, was a fifth-round pick by the Giants out of Auburn back in 2019.

The New York Giants officially released veteran WR Darius Slayton on Monday, according to the NFL transactions wire.

According to OverTheCap, releasing Slayton now will free up $3,161,775 of cap space and create $12,749,995 of dead money.

Slayton, 29, was a fifth-round pick by the Giants out of Auburn back in 2019. He signed a four-year, $2,753,988 rookie contract with the Giants that included a $233,988 signing bonus and $233,988 guaranteed.

The Giants and Slayton agreed to a restructured deal that reduced his salary from $2.54 million to the league minimum of $965,000. He was testing the open market as an unrestricted free agent in 2023 when he returned on a two-year, $12 million deal.

Slayton re-signed with the Giants again last offseason on a three-year, $36 million contract.

In 2025, Slayton appeared in 14 games for the Giants and caught 37 passes on 63 targets for 538 yards and one touchdown.

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It was published on September 7, 2026 and last updated on October 9, 2026. The time of the story is shown in your own time zone on the page.

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