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Rookie corner Korie Black signs with Jets after being cut by Giants
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The Jets essentially just swiped a draft pick from the Giants.
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Rookie cornerback Korie Black — who made the Giants' initial 53-man roster this week but was cut Wednesday with the intention of bringing him back to the practice squad after he cleared waivers — instead is signing with the Jets practice squad, The Post has learned.
Black was a seventh-round pick of the Giants and expected to play a key role on special teams while providing depth at arguably the shallowest position on the roster.
So, his fair-game decision to cross sides of the state likely won't sit well in the front office.
The Giants waived Black to make room for Rico Payton — a cornerback and special teamer who was waived/injured by the Saints.
Rookie cornerback Korie Black signed with the Jets for practice squad duty after being cut by the Giants. Corey Sipkin for New York Post
It is customary for injured players to pass through waivers and revert to the practice squad but the Giants pounced after eyeing Payton for more than a year.
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Because Payton's injury is supposed to shut him down for weeks at a time, the Giants could have quickly moved him to injured reserve and re-opened a spot for Black.
They are expected to handle veteran Gunner Olszewski 's cut in a similarly procedural way where the understanding is that he is never truly going anywhere.
But Black was a free agent once he cleared waivers.
And this is the cost of proximity as the Jets coaches and scouts had an up-close look at Black during two days of Giants-Jets practices and a preseason game.
With the Jets, Black fills the practice-squad spot that had been earmarked for Jarrick Bernard-Converse , who was claimed off waivers by the Browns.
Korie Black, who is now a Jet, tackles Kene Nwangwu during the Giants' preseason win over the Jets. Corey Sipkin for New York Post
The Jaguars also put in a claim for Bernard-Converse, a former sixth-round pick.
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The Jets are carrying five cornerbacks on their 53-man roster.
Black will become the first of general manager Joe Schoen's 31 draft picks not to appear in a game for the Giants.
All seven 2025 rookies made the initial 53-man roster but Schoen cut 2023 draft picks Tre Hawkins and Jordon Riley .
