Here are Giant players that excel in a specific statistic for the 2020 season.
Sterling Shepard – Third down conversions
Shepard is clutch on third down. Since 2016 Shepard ranks 16th in the league in number of third down conversions. This season he is 33rd with having played only 11 games. As of Dec 3rd, Shepard’s season 56.25% third down conversions to 3rd down targets percentage is 17th among 122 players with 10+ third down targets. Since 1994 the only Giant wide receiver with over 35 targets who had a higher 3rd down conversion percent was Steve Smith
Wayne Gallman – Yards After Contact Per Rush Attempt
Gallman ranks ninth in the league in yards after contact with 2.4 yards. This is his best season in YAC of his three season career. He ranks 22nd in attempts per broken tackle.
Evan Engram – Yards after Catch per Reception
Engram is tops among Giants receivers and fourteenth among league tight ends in yards after the catch. with a 4.6 YAC average.This helps him in making eleventh among tight ends in first downs.
Darius Slayton – Yards Before Catch per Reception
Slayton is sixth in the league among all players in yards before catch per reception with 12.1 yards.This helps him make tops on the Giants in first down receptions and 38th in the league.
Leonard Williams – QB Knockdowns
Williams is fifth in the league in quarterback knockdowns with 14. The helps him in making ninth in the league in pressures with 32. He is also sixth in the league in QB hits. Williams also ranks second among defensive tackles in sacks with 8.5.
Blake Martinez – Tackles
Martinez is third in the league in total tackles with 140. That averages out to over nine a game. He is also eighth in the league in solo tackles with 80.
James Bradberry – Passes Defended
Bradberry is fourth in the league in passes defended with 17.
Logan Ryan – Forced Fumbles
Ryan holds the 12th to 30th spot in the league with three forced fumbles. He is one of only four players in that spot to recover two fumbles.
Daniel Jones – Yards Per Rush Attempt
Among quarterbacks with 100 pass attempts Daniel Jones is second in the league in yards per rush attempt with 7.25. Only Jaguar Jake Luton who played three games had a higher average,
Graham Gano – Field Goal Percent
Gano ranks third in the league in field goal percent with 96.8 among kickers with over seven attempts. Gano has made 30 of 31 attempts this season.