Giants Sign Sixth-Round CB Corey Ballentine

May 16, 2019

The New York Giants announced Thursday that they’ve signed sixth-round CB Corey Ballentine to a four-year contract.

This leaves just four unsigned draft picks from the Giants’ 2019 class including:

Pick	Round	Player	Pos.	College	Note
6.	1.	Daniel Jones	QB	Duke
17.	1.	Dexter Lawrence	DT	Clemson
30.	1.	Deandre Baker	CB	Georgia
95.	3.	Oshane Ximines	LB	Old Dominion
108.	4.	Julian Love	DB	Notre Dame	Signed
143.	5.	Ryan Connelly	LB	Wisconsin	Signed
171.	5.	Darius Slayton	WR	Auburn	Signed
180.	6.	Corey Ballentine	DB	Washington
232.	7.	George Asafo-Adjei	OT	Kentucky	Signed
245.	7.	Chris Slayton	DT	Syracuse	Signed

Ballentine was involved in a shooting a day after the draft in which he suffered non-life threatening. Tragically, Ballentine’s friend and teammate Dwane Simmons was killed in the incident.

Ballentine, 5’11/196, was taken in the sixth round of this year’s draft by the Giants. According to OverTheCap.com, he receives a four-year, $2,705,592 contract that includes a $185,592 signing bonus.

During his final year at Washburn, Ballentine recorded 50 tackles, two forced fumbles, three interceptions, four pass defenses, and three blocked kicks.