Giants signing ex-Ravens TE Isaiah Likely to 3-year deal

Oct 19, 2025; Denver, Colorado, USA; A general view of the New York Giants helmet before the game against the Denver Broncos at Empower Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images

The New York Giants have made their first significant signing of the legal tampering period, as they are set to add tight end Isaiah Likely on a three-year deal, per multiple reports. 

The 25-year-old’s deal is worth $40 million, with incentives that can max the deal out at $47.5 million. 

Big Blue’s offense is in need of a serious injection of new weapons to work with quarterback Jaxson Dart alongside star wide receiver Malik Nabers. With free agency officially beginning on Wednesday, the Giants will likely lose last year’s leading receiver, Wan’Dale Robinson. 

Likely spent the first four seasons of his NFL career with new Giants head coach John Harbaugh and the Baltimore Ravens. He posted 135 catches for 1,568 yards with 15 touchdowns across 63 games. He provides another option at the position next to Theo Johnson, the raw Penn State product who showed signs of improvement in 2025 by posting 45 catches for 528 yards and five scores. 

The ceiling on Likely is high, though his production last year does not suggest it. He missed the first three games of 2025 because of a fractured right foot before putting up career lows with 27 catches for 307 yards and a touchdown. He also fumbled at or near the end zone in consecutive divisional games against the Cincinnati Bengals on Thanksgiving and the Pittsburgh Steelers the following week. 

Baltimore had been engaged in talks with Likely for much of the past year, but the writing on the wall for an exit was when the team extended veteran tight end Mark Andrews with a three-year extension in December. Rumors initially surfaced that Likey and Harbaugh’s relationship had fizzled out, but a reunion in New York directly contradicts such a notion. 

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