The Jets essentially just swiped a draft pick from the Giants.
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.
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.
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.
The Jaguars also put in a claim for Bernard-Converse, a former sixth-round pick.
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.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
