Tommy DeVito got caught in a quarterback crunch.
DeVito did not make the Giants’ 53-man roster, which the team finalized Tuesday afternoon on the NFL’s cutdown day.
The 27-year-old DeVito was the odd man out after the Giants signed veteran quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston and drafted Jaxson Dart this offseason.
“Every time you have these conversations and you release people, you have a high opinion of most everyone you release,” head coach Brian Daboll said Tuesday, without discussing specific players.
“The amount of time and effort and energy they’ve put into it [makes the cuts] difficult every year.”
A native of Livingston, N.J., DeVito became a fan favorite as an undrafted rookie in 2023 when he was forced into starting duty and led the Giants on an improbable three-g