Sanders missed the entire 2025 season due to a hip injury, and was released by Miami before the start of free agency.
Sanders, 30, was a seventh-round pick by the Dolphins in the 2018 NFL Draft. In seven seasons with Miami, he made 187 of 221 field-goal attempts (84.6%), and 259 of 268 extra-point attempts (96.6%). He is 33 of 48 (68.8%) from beyond 50 yards, with a career long field goal of 57 yards.
Sanders was a First-Team All-Pro in 2020.
What it means for the Giants
Primarily, it looks like it means that Ben Sauls will have competition for the placekicking job. It figures that new head coach John Harbaugh was not going to hand the job to Sauls, who has just three games of NFL experience, without some form of veteran competition. Sanders appears to be that.
It seems unlikely that the intent here would be to simply give the job to Sanders after he missed a full season with an injury that can impact a placekicker’s motion.
Sauls settled the Giants’ volatile kicking situation last season, going 8 of 8 on field goal attempts and 7 of 7 on extra points.
The Giants still have veteran placekicker Graham Gano on their roster. Gano’s expected release will save the Giants $4.5 million in salary cap space, with $1.25 million in dead money.