As the Giants' roster stands now, 29 players are eligible for the Practice Squad

Here are the 29 players on the team who are eligible for the Practice Squad in 2013:

This list includes all 7 Giants draft picks from this past April's draft (names in bold print). It also includes 8 Undrafted Rookie Free Agents (UDFAs) as well; they are the players in highlighted in blue print. 5 of these (Clement, James, Mertile, Sabino, and Tweedy) were already signed going into training camp. 3 more were picked up in recent days (Harris, Sinkfield, & Holtz). The remaining 14 are guys who have already had shots in the NFL, but who have been unable to accrue a full season in the NFL yet. If they had, then they wouldn't be eligible for the Practice Squad. Check out the rules from this great link by Brian McFarland from last year on who is eligible for the Practice Squad:

• "Practice Squad Rules: Who’s Eligible?" - by Brian McFarland, posted on August 31, 2012

This article clears everything up if you have any questions. The only player whose practice squad eligibility that I struggled to identify was that of Selvish Capers. He's already spent 3 seasons on the "Taxi Squad": one with Washington in 2010 (just 3 games, but that's all that's needed to count as a year on a team's Practice Squad in the NFL), and the last two seasons with the Giants. The maximum number of years that a player can be on a team's Practice Squad is 3, which is how many Capers has already spent. As a result, Capers is no longer Practice Squad eligible. It's basically time for him to crap, or get off of the bowl, to use some nasty bathroom humor.

For a link to the CBA describing the Practice Squad eligibility click HERE and go to Article 33, Section 4. For convenience's sake, here it is below:

The only draft pick from this past April's draft who seems like he's destined for the Practice Squad is their first 7th round pick, OG Eric Herman (assuming he clears waivers if he's waived of course; he would have to be signed to a club's 53-man roster, which seems unlikely considering his uneven performance thus far in training camp and preseason). The other 6 draft picks all look to have secured spots on the team. Only 5th round pick, S Cooper Taylor stands a chance of getting placed on Injured Reserve. The 8 UDFAs on the 90-man roster now are all ideal candidates for the Practice Squad as well.

This leaves 15 other players who have failed to accrue an NFL season yet, who are no longer rookies, thereby making them eligible for the practice squad this year again. There are seven players who spent time on the Practice Squad last year that are on this linked list who are eligible to be on it again this year (not all though of course: Capers is not eligible, David Douglas was signed off of last year's Practice Squad to Tampa Bay's active 53-man roster, and Craig Marshall is no longer with the club), if they are waived and not picked up by anyone. They are as follows (Click on each player's name below for background information on each player w/respect to their Practice Squad history, & their recent history):

1. DE, Matt Broha
2. TE, Larry Donnell
3. OT, Matt McCants
4. CB, Laron Scott
5. OG, Stephen Goodin
6. WR, Brandon Collins **(link HERE about his time on the P. S. last year)
7. CB, Terrence Frederick

All 7 of these players who were on the Practice Squad last year, and who are still eligible to be in it again this year, were UDFAs a year ago. The other 7 players who are still Practice Squad eligible, and who were not on the Giants' practice squad last year are as follows (Once again, click on each player's name below for background information on each player w/respect to their Practice Squad history, & their recent history)::

1. OG, Bryant Browning
2. TE, Jamie Childers
3. FB, Ben Guidugli
4. WR, Kevin Hardy
5. OG, Michael Jasper
6. MLB, Jake Muasau
7. WR, Julian Talley

These 7 players mentioned immediately above either had a cup of coffee with the Giants last year at some point (Muasau & Talley), played elsewhere, or were outside of football for a spell.