Tracy, Singletary and Skattebo all play pivotal roles for Big Blue.
Never did a backflip at a charity softball game make as much of an impact as the one performed recently by Cam Skattebo. The second-year running back is returning from a broken ankle suffered midseason in 2025 and subsequent surgery, missing the rest of his rookie season, one in which he had made quite an impact, albeit in a brief window of opportunity.
The product out of Arizona State was amongst a group of New York Giants players taking part in the event hosted by teammate Brian Burns in upstate New York at the end of May and hit a towering shot to left field for a long home run. He rounded the bases, but paused a few feet from home plate to do his signature acrobatic move, one that he became known for as a touchdown celebration.
While the team trainers may have winced watching the video clip posted on social media, it also gives them more confidence that Skattebo, 24, will be ready to go once the regular season starts. He was one of the bright spots on a team that struggled, but showed some signs that make this one of the most anticipated campaigns in a while in East Rutherford.
Before going down, the 5’9”, 220-pound Skattebo became a real weapon out of the backfield with 410 rushing yards (a 4.1 average and five touchdowns) and 207 receiving yards (8.2 average and two touchdowns). He was a fan favorite and part of an exciting youth movement by Big Blue, which also included quarterback Jaxson Dart, wide receiver Malik Nabers, and several other young contributors. His loss was a tough one for a team trying to forge a new identity, one that the fourth round draft pick (105th overall) was a major part of.
“I was devastated,” Dart told reporters after the contest last October where Skattebo was injured. “It’s my boy, so seeing him go down and obviously reacting to what happened, that sucks. It’s the worst part of the game.”
The Giants had two capable running backs in Tyrone Tracy Jr. and Devin Singletary, who would pick up the slack and keep the offense balanced the rest of the way, something not lost on then-head coach Brian Daboll after the loss of Skattebo.
“Whoever we have, we’ll sit down and we’ll put together a game plan together [that] we think gives us a chance,” he said at the time. “And the guys that are here, we trust.”
Tracy was the feature running back and had another solid season after impressing as a rookie in 2024, when he played in all 17 games, rushing for 839 yards (4.4 average) and five scores. The former Purdue Boilermaker missed two games a year ago, but nevertheless amassed 740 yards and two touchdowns on the ground, while adding 288 yards and two more scores receiving.
The eight-year veteran Singletary has been a reliable second option for the G-Men and will be entering his third season here. He fit right into that role after solid stints in Buffalo and Texas where he had many more looks and touches. Rushing for 874 yards and nine touchdowns since joining the Giants, the 28-year-old provides veteran experience and can still lead by example.
New head coach John Harbaugh has a luxury on his hands when all three running backs are healthy and a tank like Skattebo brings a different element to the field with his size, power and athleticism.
Let’s hope the next time he celebrates with a backflip, it will not be in a softball uniform.