Tolson gone

Just four days after signing with the Giants, Army punter Owen Tolson was waived Monday as the team rearranged the bottom of its roster following the weekend rookie minicamp.

Tolson was a victim in part of the solid 80-man camp roster limit. In the past teams were permitted extra roster spots coinciding with the number of players they allotted to NFL Europe. But those exemptions went out the door when the spring league folded.

Tom Coughlin talked Saturday about how the 80-man limit was a real squeeze on the roster, and while he would like to have brought a second punter to camp didn't know if he would be able to do so under the tighter limits.

"I am telling you it is a squeeze, we will all do what we have to do, but that is a big change for us," he said. "I would like to have 90."

Coughlin also decided to sign one of the two free-agent long-snappers he brought to the rookie camp, first-year man Nick Leeson of Virginia Tech. The Giants saved a roster spot last year by having DT Jay Alford and LB Zak DeOssie do the snapping, but may need to have a snapping specialist again this season as Alford and DeOssie grow into their defensive roles.

Other moves on Monday:

Signed were OT Jacob Hobbs of Albany, the first player the Giants have added from their training camp home; DTs Nate Robinson of Akron and Brian Soi of Utah State; DE Alex Morrow of USC; and DBs Miguel Scott of North Carolina State and Terrance Stringer of Tuskegee. Hobbs was in he Eagles camp last summer while Soi was with Miami and Leeson with Baltimore in training camp.

Waived were LB Rory Johnson and DT Joshua Muse.

The moves leave the Giants with exactly 80 signed players. That Means someone will have to but cut each time one of the seven draft picks signs his contract.