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Jalin Hyatt
Wide receiver · 4th season · Practice squad
Updated
- Height
- 6-0
- Weight
- 185
- Age
- 25
- College
- Tennessee
- Drafted
- 2023 · R3 P73
- Exp
- 4
Overview
Jalin Hyatt is a fourth-year wide receiver on the Giants' practice squad after losing his active-roster spot at the cut to 53.
The Giants drafted Hyatt in the third round, No. 73 overall, in 2023 out of Tennessee. As a rookie, his 16.2 yards per catch led the team. His role shrank after that: eight catches for 62 yards in 16 games in 2024, and five for 35 in eight games in 2025. He has 36 career catches for 470 yards and no touchdowns in 41 games.
He had a leg injury in training camp, was waived Aug. 30 and re-signed to the practice squad Aug. 31. He has not played this season.
Frequently asked
- Why did the Giants cut Jalin Hyatt?
- The Giants waived Hyatt Aug. 30, 2026, at the cut to 53. He had 13 catches over the 2024 and 2025 seasons combined, and he had not practiced since hurting his leg in training camp in August, according to Big Blue View. He was re-signed to the practice squad as a veteran player; the move was reported Aug. 31, and the team announced it Sept. 1.
- What are Jalin Hyatt's career stats?
- Through the 2025 season, Hyatt had 36 catches for 470 yards and no touchdowns in 41 games, all with the Giants. His best season was his 2023 rookie year, when he caught 23 passes for 373 yards, an average of 16.2 yards per catch.
- What was Jalin Hyatt's best game with the Giants?
- Hyatt caught five passes for 109 yards against New England in Week 12 of the 2023 season, including the Giants' three longest plays of the day, and was voted the NFL's Pepsi Zero Sugar Rookie of the Week.
- Where did Jalin Hyatt play college football?
- Hyatt played at Tennessee, where he won the 2022 Biletnikoff Award as the nation's top receiver after catching 67 passes for 1,267 yards and 15 touchdowns in the regular season. That season he caught five touchdown passes in Tennessee's 52-49 win over Alabama, and the Giants drafted him in the third round, No. 73 overall, in 2023.
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