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Giants LB Josiah Tauaefa activated from reserve/COVID list

LB Josiah Tauaefa re-joins the active roster.

New York Giants linebacker Josiah Tauaefa was activated from the reserve/COVID list, per the league’s transaction wire on Wednesday.

Tauaefa was placed on the list just a day ago on Tuesday, but will now join the active roster. He should be competing for one of the depth spots in the linebacker room behind starters Blake Martinez and Ryan Connelly.

The Giants have several inside linebackers competing for spots on the roster once they are reduced to 53 players ahead of the 2020 season.

As Tauaefa gets activated, the Giants currently have no players on the reserve/COVID list.

Giants add LB Josiah Tauaefa to COVID list, activate WR David Sills

Giants make a swap on the COVID list.

The New York Giants removed wide receiver David Sills from the reserve/COVID list but add linebacker Josiah Tauaefa to the list on Tuesday.

It isn’t clear if Tauaefa tested positive for COVID-19 or was in close contact with someone who did. The team isn’t allowed to release that information, but the Giants will do a swap on the list by activating Sills, who was added last week.

The Giants are ramping up for training camp without any preseason games in 2020. Tauaefa should be in the mix for the fourth linebacker spot in the new Big Blue defense brought along by Patrick Graham.

Tauaefa signed with the Giants as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2019 spending half of the season on the practice squad before being promoted to the active roster in October. He recorded six tackles and two tackles for loss.