Giants sign former Steelers Five-star

The New York Giants announced Thursday that they have signed wide receiver Allen Robinson II.

Robinson joins the Giants after spending one season with the Pittsburgh Steelers, who released him on March 8 as a cost-cutting measure.

With the addition of Robinson and Malik Nabers, who was drafted sixth overall from LSU, the Giants’ wide receiver group becomes crowded. They also have Darius Slayton, Jalin Hyatt, Wan’Dale Robinson, and Isaiah Hodgins, who re-signed earlier this offseason.

Slayton has not been with the team this spring as he has skipped voluntary workouts while seeking a contract adjustment or extension.

The Giants are aiming to improve their offense, which ranked 31st in passing yards per game last season, with no wide receiver surpassing 770 yards or four touchdowns.

In his last season in Pittsburgh, Robinson, 30, wasn’t particularly productive in an overall stagnant offense, recording 280 receiving yards on 34 catches, his lowest output outside of an injury-shortened 2017 season. He also averaged a career-low 8.2 yards per reception.

Robinson was acquired by Pittsburgh in a trade with the Los Angeles Rams in April 2023. Before his stint with the Rams, he spent four seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars, making the Pro Bowl in 2015, and another four with the Chicago Bears.

Drafted by the Jaguars in the second round in 2014, Robinson has amassed 562 catches for 7,028 yards and 43 touchdowns in his career.