The Giants’ latest practice-squad move comes with a little extra familiarity attached. New York is signing wide receiver Dontae Fleming after a Tuesday visit, according to Giants insider Art Stapleton, and the path that got him there runs through a couple of current Giants connections.
Fleming, who has never appeared in an NFL game, spent his rookie season with the Minnesota Vikings after going undrafted in 2025. He signed with Minnesota, stayed on the practice squad all year, then returned on a futures deal this offseason.
That stretch put him around J.J. McCarthy before the quarterback was eventually sent to New York for a 2027 fifth-round pick.
There’s even video of the two working together at Vikings training camp earlier this summer.
He also already knows Dalen Cambre, giving the Giants another built-in link on a roster that has leaned heavily on familiar faces since John Harbaugh took over as head coach. This signing fits that pattern, only with a twist: Fleming already has ties to two players in the building.
On the field, Fleming’s résumé is still very much that of a developmental receiver. His best college season came in his final year, when the 6-foot-1, 175-pound wideout caught 31 passes for 598 yards and one touchdown. He also showed some juice at Tulane, where he posted a 4.44-second 40-yard dash at his pro day and flashed big-play ability.
The Giants can use the help. Malik Nabers, Darnell Mooney, and Malachi Fields are the only receivers currently on the active depth chart, and Charlie Jones could be in line for a bigger role after Braxton Berrios’ season-ending foot injury.
Fleming isn’t arriving with a guarantee of anything, much less a major role. But with New York thin at receiver, the team is giving him a look on its 18-man practice squad.
And because these two teams apparently can’t stop swapping names, the Vikings answered on Wednesday by signing recently released Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. to their own practice squad. That’s about as close to a practice-squad trade as you’ll get.
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