A year ago around this time, Tyrone Tracy Jr. had a simple goal: Make the team. He was a fifth-round pick, a converted wide receiver still adjusting to being a running back, and just trying to prove he could play in the NFL.

This year he’s in a very different place as Labor Day weekend rolls around. No longer a roster bubble-sitter, he is the starting running back for the Giants and coming off a season in which he gained more than 1,000 all-purpose yards. He said he’s tried to keep his mentality the same, to stay humble and grateful and just focus on making the team again. But things obviously have changed.

Every time he looks at his phone, he is reminded of that.

The lock screen he showed to Newsday on Thursday is a list of all he wants to accomplish in 2025. It consists of:

* 1,500

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