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Giants to retire Michael Strahan's No. 92 jersey

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Aug 9, 2021 6:06 PM ET

The New York Giants announced in June that they are inducting two-time Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Eli Manning into their Ring of Honor and retiring his No. 10 jersey during a halftime ceremony on Sept. 26.

One of Manning's former teammates will also be honored during the upcoming season.

Newsday's Tom Rock tweeted Monday that the Giants will retire the No. 92 jersey that once belonged to New York all-time great pass-rusher and Hall of Famer Michael Strahan on a to-be-announced date.

The Giants had not retired a number since 2000 when they made Frank Gifford's 16 off limits. With Manning and Strahan having theirs retired this season they will have 13 numbers retired for 14 different players (Ward Cuff and YA Tittle both had their No. 14 jersey retired).
— Tom Rock (@TomRock_Newsday) August 9, 2021

Strahan earned seven Pro Bowl nods and was a four-time First-Team All-Pro during his career that spanned from 1993 through the 2007 regular season and Super Bowl XLII, where the Giants toppled the previously unbeaten New England Patriots. During the 2001 campaign, he famously set the official record for most sacks in a season with 22.5 after Green Bay Packers quarterback and Hall of Famer Brett Favre allegedly took a dive:

Strahan won Defensive Player of the Year that season for his efforts.

According to Pro Football Reference, Strahan is second in Giants franchise history with 141.5 career sacks. Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor sits atop that category with 142 total quarterback takedowns.

Strahan was enshrined in Canton in 2014.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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