East Rutherford, NJ (SportsNetwork.com) – As expected, the New York Giants officially placed running back David Wilson on injured reserve Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Wilson’s NFL career came to an end Monday when he was advised by doctors to no longer play football due to neck problems.<\/p>\n
Wilson, 23, left practice last Tuesday with a burner and was sent to a hospital for tests on his surgically repaired neck. He sat out the remainder of last week’s practices and Sunday night’s preseason game.<\/p>\n
On Monday morning, Wilson met with the doctor who performed his surgery in January to fuse vertebrae and repair a herniated disk, an injury Wilson suffered in a Week 5 loss to Philadelphia last season.<\/p>\n
The advice not to play came from that doctor, Frank Cammisa Jr., and Giants team physician Russell Warren.<\/p>\n
In two seasons with the Giants, the former first-round pick rushed for 504 yards and five touchdowns over 21 games — including six starts. He caught six passes for 42 yards and a score.<\/p>\n
The Giants will move forward with veteran free-agent acquisition Rashad Jennings and rookie Andre Williams atop the depth chart.<\/p>\n
Also on Tuesday, the Giants signed tight end Jerome Cunningham and defensive end Israel Idonije and waived defensive end Kendrick Adams.<\/p>\n
Idonije played in 15 games with the Lions last season. The 33-year-old previously played nine years for the Bears.<\/p>\n
In 149 career games with the Browns, Bears and Lions, Idonije has 283 tackles and 29 sacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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