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Amani Oruwariye is teaming up with Saquon Barkley with the Giants

NFL free agency started off with a frenzy and the signings continue to help shape rosters around the league just ahead of the 2023 NFL draft. And while we sit and wait to see where the most recent draft class from Penn State will be heading in the NFL, a handful of former Nittany Lions have already been on the move as NFL free agents. Amani Oruwariye is one of the latest former Nittany Lions to sign a new contract, and he’ll be joining a couple of former Penn State players with his new team.

Oruwariye signed a one-year contract with the New York Giants, according to NFL insider Jordan Schultz. The terms of the contract have not been revealed yet, but this is a low-risk signing for the Giants that allows Oruwariye to showcase himself a bit in hopes of earning a better contract a year from now on the market.

Oruwariye is entering his fifth season in the NFL after completing a four-year run with the Detroit Lions. The Lions addressed the cornerback position with a big free agent signing with the addition of CJ Gardner-Johnson, most recently with the Philadelphia Eagles. The Lions added Gardner-Johnson on a one-year deal at a higher price tag than it would have cost to keep

Oruwariye was a fifth-round draft pick of the Lions in 2019. A first-team All-Big Ten player in 2018 and second-team All-Big Ten selection in 2017 will be reunited in New York with former Penn State teammates Saquon Barkley and Cameron Brown. Barkley signed a one-year contract with the Giants on a franchise tag to remain in New York for the 2023 season. Brown is entering the fourth year of his four-year contract in 2023 before entering free agency in 2024.

Oruwariye has recorded 173 tackles and nine interceptions in his four-year NFL career so far.

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