Dungey Joins Giants as Undrafted Free Agent

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Syracuse quarterback Eric Dungey signed with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent on Thursday night. The record-breaking Orange signal-caller is expected to attend the Giants two-day rookie minicamp, which opens tomorrow in East Rutherford, N.J.

Dungey is the second member of the 2018 Orange to join the Giants. New York drafted defensive tackle Chris Slayton with the 31st pick in the seventh round (No. 245 overall) of last week's NFL Draft.

A native of Lake Oswego, Ore., Dungey finished his career as Syracuse's all-time leading passer and set or tied 24 school records in 39 games (38 starts) for the Orange from 2015-18. He completed 786-of-1,279 (.615) passes for 9,340 yards with 58 touchdowns in his career and rushed for 1,993 yards and 35 touchdowns on 543 carries (3.7 avg.).

In addition to holding the all-time mark for passing yardage (9,340), Dungey established the Syracuse standards for passing yards per game (239.5), 300-yard passing games (12), total offense (11,333 yards), total offense yards per game (290.6), most plays (1,822) and most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback. He is one of five quarterbacks in ACC history to amass 11,000+ yards of total offense and 90+ touchdowns responsible for (93). The other members of that elite fraternity are Philip Rivers (NC State), Lamar Jackson (Louisville), Tajh Boyd (Clemson) and Deshaun Watson (Clemson).

The 2018 ECAC Offensive Player of the Year and an All-ACC Third Team selection, Dungey completed 226-of-371 (.609) passes for 2,868 yards with 18 touchdowns and rushed for 754 yards and 15 scores as a senior. He led a resurgent Orange squad to a 10-3 record – the program's first double-digit win season since 2001 – and the No. 15 ranking in both the final Associated Press Top 25 and Amway Coaches polls. Among the team's victories was a 34-18 Camping World Bowl triumph over West Virginia in which Dungey threw for 303 yards to eclipse Ryan Nassib as Syracuse's all-time leading passer.

With Dungey at the controls, Syracuse ranked 11th nationally in scoring offense (40.2 ppg) in 2018 and tallied a school-record 523 points. The Orange topped the 40-point mark eight times and put up at least 50 points on five occasions.

Dungey is expected to complete alongside former Duke quarterback Daniel Jones at this weekend's minicamp. The Giants drafted Jones with the No. 6 overall pick last Thursday.

Dungey is the fourth Syracuse player to agree to contract terms as a free agent since the conclusion of the draft, joining wide receiver Jamal Custis (Kansas City Chiefs) and offensive tackles Koda Martin (Los Angeles Chargers) and Cody Conway (Tennessee Titans).

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Koda Martin

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