Veteran wide receiver Calvin Austin III (L) scored three touchdowns last season for the Pittsburgh Steelers. File Photo by John Sommers II/UPI | License Photo
Aug. 26 (UPI) -- New York Giants wide receiver Calvin Austin III is expected to miss the entire 2026 season due to an ACL tear.
Sources told ESPN, The Athletic and NorthJersey.com about the injury on Wednesday. Austin hurt his right knee during practice a day earlier in East Rutherford, N.J. He was carted off the field at Quest Diagnostics Training Center.
Austin was expected to be the Giants' top slot receiver. Darnell Mooney, 2026 third-round pick Malachi Fields, Odell Beckham Jr. and Dalen Cambre are among backup wide receivers, behind Malik Nabers and Darius Slayton, who are listed as starters on their unofficial depth chart.
Braxton Berrios, Isaiah Hodgins, Jalin Hyatt and Xavier Gipson are the other wide receivers on the Giants roster.
