Why this may be Jalin Hyatt’s last chance to prove he belongs with the Giants

Why this may be Jalin Hyatt’s last chance to prove he belongs with the Giants

It is often a bit overblown to label an upcoming season as “crucial’’ or as “decisive’’ or the ever-popular “career-defining’’ for a young player trying to make his way in the NFL.

Sure, every season is important but not every season is all-important, when it comes to determining whether that player will make it in the league or fall by the wayside.

After a sluggish and largely disappointing rookie season for Jalin Hyatt, it was trendy to anoint 2024 as a critical one. The skinny wide receiver did little in Year 1 to justify the Giants’ belief that they acquired a steal on the second day of the 2023 NFL Draft when they traded their third-round pick (No. 89 overall) and a fourth-round pick (No. 128) to move up in the third round to No. 73 to get Hyatt, who was coming off a sensational season at Tennessee with a school-record 15 touchdown receptions, including five in one game against Alabama — another school record.

Those exploits feel as if they happened a long, long time ago, as does the verbiage from general manager Joe Schoen after he made the deal for Hyatt: “It was a good player that we liked that was kind of sticking out on our board. He ran 4.3 and some change, and you could feel his speed on film. I mean, that’s legit.’’

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