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Giants sign veteran WR Miles Boykin

The New York Giants have signed veteran wide receiver Miles Boykin to a one-year deal.

The New York Giants continued adding to their wide receiver room this week, signing veteran Miles Boykin to a one-year contract.

The 27-year-old Boykin was originally a third-round pick of the Baltimore Ravens in the 2019 NFL draft. In 2022, he joined the Pittsburgh Steelers off waivers and remained with them through the 2023 regular season.

In 73 career games (25 starts), the Notre Dame product has hauled in 38 receptions for 498 yards and even touchdowns. He’s also recorded 17 special teams tackles.

Although the 6-foot-4, 220-pound Boykin has been limited as a receiver, he has played a notable special teams role — something the Giants are likely to utilize.

In 2023, Boykin earned an overall Pro Football Focus grade of 51.1 and a special teams grade of 68.6.

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Former Steelers WR Miles Boykin signs with Giants

Miles Boykin is now a member of the New York Giants.

On Tuesday, the New York Giants announced they had signed former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Miles Boykin. Boykin is set to enter his sixth season in the NFL and spent the last two with the Steelers.

Boykin doesn’t provide much in the passing game but is a star on special teams and a player who Pittsburgh will miss on coverage teams. The Steelers signed wide receivers Quez Watkins, Van Jefferson and Cordarrelle Patterson and hopefully Patterson can be a bigtime returner and one of the others can step up on the coverage teams.

The Steelers still have a long list of free agents who are still looking for a team and several of them could find their way back to the Steelers after the 2024 NFL draft.

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Former Notre Dame star back with Steelers

Back to the Burgh for a former Notre Dame standout

Former Notre Dame wide receiver [autotag]Miles Boykin[/autotag] is returning to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The team announced the move on Monday. He originally joined the Steelers in April of 2022 when he was claimed off waivers.

Boykin was a special teams standout last year in Pittsburgh. Playing in 16 games, he recorded 10 tackles, including a team-high nine solo tackles on special teams. He also played some receiver, pulling in a pair of receptions for 11 yards.

Boykin was a third-round NFL draft pick of the Baltimore Ravens in 2019.  He spent three seasons there before being waived.

Boykin’s 872 receiving yards led Notre Dame in 2018, a year it went 12-0 in the regular season and qualified for the College Football Playoff for the first time in program history. The Providence Catholic (Illinois) graduate finished his Notre Dame career with 77 receptions for over 1,200 yards.

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Every Notre Dame player currently on an NFL training camp roster

Lots of former Irish talent in the NFL

Part of being an alumnus of a supremely successful collegiate football is seeing them getting an opportunity at the next level. For Notre Dame, the list of former players getting their shot in the NFL is large, very large. Find out below every former Irish star (in alphabetical order) and which NFL team they are with in training camp.

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A third former Notre Dame wide receiver joins Steelers

Here we go…

Some memorable former Notre Dame stars have won Super Bowls with arguably the most successful NFL franchise of the Super Bowl era, the Pittsburgh Steelers. To my knowledge, however, never have three former Notre Dame wide receivers been on the same NFL team simultaneously.

Until now.

The Steelers already employed former Notre Dame leading receiver [autotag]Chase Claypool[/autotag], who they drafted in the second round in 2020. This offseason, they signed former Notre Dame standout [autotag]Miles Boykin[/autotag] after he was released by the Baltimore Ravens.

Now Notre Dame’s leading receiver from the 2020 season that ended with a trip to the College Football Playoff has signed with the Steelers. [autotag]Javon McKinley[/autotag] is headed to Steel Town.

McKinley went undrafted in 2021 before signing as a free agent with the Detroit Lions. He spent the majority of last season on the Lions practice squad before being released this spring. To make room for McKinley, the Steelers waived defensive end Tyree Johnson.

McKinley hauled in 53 receptions during his time at Notre Dame, including 42 during that 2020 campaign.

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AFC North rival reportedly claims WR Miles Boykin off of waivers from Ravens

An AFC North rival reportedly claimed former Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Miles Boykin off of waivers

The Baltimore Ravens selected wide receiver Miles Boykin in the third round of the 2019 NFL draft in hopes that he would develop into a matchup nightmare on the outside. That didn’t go exactly as planned, as the former University of Notre Dame star struggled to form a connection with quarterback Lamar Jackson and didn’t make much of an impact on the field outside of blocking and special teams.

On Monday, Baltimore decided to part ways with the fourth-year player, saving around $2.5 million in cap space. On Tuesday, one of the Ravens’ AFC North rivals claimed Boykin off of waivers in the Pittsburgh Steelers, keeping him in the division.

During his time in Baltimore Boykin played in 40 games, catching 33 passes for 470 yards and seven touchdowns. However, he injured his figure before the 2021 season and was placed on injured reserve, only to come back and play eight games, hauling in one pass for six yards.

Boykin now reunites with former college teammate Chase Claypool in Pittsburgh, where he will look to make big contributions.

Steelers claim rival Ravens WR Miles Boykin off waivers

The Ravens released veteran receiver Miles Boykin on Monday and 24 hours later, the Steelers snapped him up. 

The Baltimore Ravens released veteran receiver Miles Boykin on Monday, and 24 hours later, the Steelers snapped him up.

According to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo, Pittsburgh claimed Boykin off waivers.

While the Steelers need receivers, Boykin is one for fans to temper their excitement about.

Boykin, drafted out of Notre Dame at No. 76 overall in 2019, had his best season two years ago when he caught 19 receptions for 266 receiving yards and four touchdowns. In his three years in Baltimore, Boykin’s total contribution was 33 receptions for 470 yards and seven touchdowns.

Pittsburgh could make something out of nothing. At the very least, the addition of Boykin will be good for depth and intel on the enemy.

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Miles Boykin headed to division rival

Steelers or Ravens?

Since the year 2000, few if any rivalries in sports are as good as the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens.  The two have combined to win four Super Bowls, five AFC championships, make 10 AFC championship game appearances, and have won the divison title 15 of the 20 years the AFC North has been in existence.

Now a former Notre Dame star is getting to play on both sides of it.

[autotag]Miles Boykin[/autotag], a member of Notre Dame’s football team from 2015-2018 who starred with [autotag]Chase Claypool[/autotag], is teaming back up with Claypool in Pittsburgh.  Boykin was cut by the Ravens on Monday after spending the first three years of his NFL career with them.

Boykin battled a hamstring injury last season that kept him from playing much as a receiver.  He recorded just one reception in 2021 after having 32 for 470 yards and seven touchdowns in his first two NFL seasons.

Now who is going to be throwing him and Claypool the ball?

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Ravens release WR Miles Boykin

The Ravens have released wide receiver Miles Boykin

The Baltimore Ravens have had a busy offseason, signing multiple outside free agents, bringing back some of their own, and seeing others leave for other opportunities. With some of the contracts they’ve handed out they now have to create more cap space.

On Monday, it was announced by the team that the team released wide receiver Miles Boykin, clearing around $2.5 million in cap space. The wideout out of Notre Dame never quite developed into a player that the Baltimore envisioned him becoming when they took him in the third round of the 2019 draft.

After being drafted at No. 76 overall in 2019,  Boykin played in a total of 40 games as a member of the Ravens.  His best season came in 2020, when he caught 19 receptions for 266 receiving yards and four touchdowns.  In his three years in Baltimore, Boykin had a total of 33 receptions for 470 yards and seven touchdowns.

Former Notre Dame star cut by Baltimore Ravens

Hopefully he gets picked up soon…

Former Notre Dame wide receiver Miles Boykin is a free agent after he was cut by the Baltimore Ravens on Monday.

Boykin was taken by Baltimore in the third round of the 2019 NFL draft and had a solid start to his career, starting 11 games and scoring three touchdowns his rookie season.

2020 saw more growth for Boykin as he hauled in 19 receptions and four touchdowns.

This past year was a step back for the former Fighting Irish star though as he made just one reception for six yards while not making any starts.  The majority of his playing time came on special teams.

Boykin has 33 receptions for 470 yards and four touchdowns in his NFL career.

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