The Giants are reuniting with Jason Pinnock, per NFL insider Jordan Schultz. The veteran safety is set to return to New York on a one-year deal, ESPN’s Jordan Raanan adds.
Pinnock, 26, appeared in 44 games for the Giants from 2022 to 2024. He started five games in 2022 with a 49% snap share before taking on a full time role with 16 starts in each of the next two years. He recorded 85 tackles in each of those seasons – the fourth-most on the team – and a combined five sacks and 10 tackles for loss. Pinnock also pulled in two interceptions in 2023, the only picks of his career.
The five-year veteran then signed a one-year, $2.2MM to be the 49ers’ third safety in 2025. Pinnock struggled in San Francisco, according to Pro Football Focus (subscription required), earning the lowest grades of his career and posing the highest missed tackle rate and completion percentage allowed of his career.
Pinnock will be vying for a similar role in New York in 2025 behind Giants starting safeties Jevon Holland and Tyler Nubin. That was Dane Belton‘s job in 2025, but he switched New York clubs this week and now plays for the Jets. Pinnock’s primary competition will be Ar’Darius Washington, a former Ravens safety who followed John Harbaugh to his new team on a one-year deal.
Washington’s relationship with Harbaugh – as well as new defensive coordinator and former Ravens secondary coach Dennard Wilson – may give him a leg up in earning a role in the defense. Pinnock clearly has fans in the building, though, and with more than 3,500 snaps of experience before turning 27 years old, he will likely find his way on the field in the Meadowlands.