Rookies get first practice out of the way"iants NewsGiants Training Camp 2016Giants vs. Eagles 2015 Patrick Omameh Color Rush Jersey , Week 17New York Giants NewsRookie mini-camp notebook: Daniel Jones, Darius Slayton, Eric Dungey, Corey BallentineNew,116commentsRookies get first practice out of the wayEDTShareTweetShareShareRookie mini-camp notebook: Daniel Jones, Darius Slayton, Eric Dungey Landon Collins Color Rush Jersey , Corey BallentineDaniel Jones works under the watchful eye of Pat Shurmur on Friday.Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY SportsEAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The first of two rookie mini-camp practices for the New York Giants is in the books. Here are a few notes from Friday’s practice.Daniel Jones first dayJones hit some throws, missed some others and generally looked like he had an idea what he was doing on his first full day as an NFL player. He threw at least one short pass much too hard early in practice, but seemed to settle down. There weren’t any interceptions, and no embarrassingly memorable snafus. He threw one really nice deep post to Darius Slayton — that was dropped.“He did a good,” Shurmur said. “It’s a lot for a quarterback coming into an NFL system. I thought he did a good job today.“You don’t really want to evaluate the quarterback on the first day because they’re getting used to the receivers. The second day things start to smooth out a little bit.”More practice notesSlayton, the team’s fifth-round pick Dalvin Tomlinson Color Rush Jersey , dropped at least four passes from Jones. He did, however, make a couple of contested catches late in practice. Shurmur said of the drops “that’s why you practice. There’s a lot to get used to. ... I thought he finished the day pretty well.”Former Syracuse quarterback Eric Dungey might be a player to watch. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound Dungey is listed as a quarterback/tight end on the mini-camp roster, and could eventually be in line for a look in a Taysom Hill type role. Shurmur said Dungey is “one of those guys we sort of had our eye on throughout the draft.” The coach added that Dungey is “a good football player” and “usually there’s a place on the field for guys that are good football players. We’ll just keep working with him and see what happens.”Name of the weekend? That would belong to Freedom Akinmoladun, a tryout linebacker from Nebraska.Corey Ballentine updateAsked about the sixth-round pick who is recovering after suffering a gunshot wound in the glute when his friend and teammate Dwane Simmons was murdered, Shurmur reminded that Ballentine “was the victim of a crime.”“He’s a great young man Phil McConkey Color Rush Jersey ,” Shurmur said. “It’s very unfortunate. He was the victim of a crime. That could happen to any of us. We’re here for him. He’s going through the vigils and the funerals and the things he has to go through.”Shurmur said he is “hopeful” Ballentine will return when the full team meets again a week from Monday. He said he wants Ballentine to get “full closure.” Giants bring back offensive tackle Malcolm Bunche" New York Giants NewsGiants Training Camp 2019Giants’ roster moves: Austin Droogsma cutNew,53commentsGiants bring back offensive tackle Malcolm BuncheEDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:Giants’ roster moves: Austin Droogsma cutTwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailAustin DroogsmaPhoto by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesA good story has apparently come to an end in New York Giants training camp. The Giants have cut guard Austin Droogsma and replaced him on the 90-man roster with offensive lineman Malcolm Bunche.Droogsma, of course, was always the longest of long shots to make the team. A shot putter at Florida State who had not played football since high school, the Giants — to Droogsma’s massive surprise — invited him to rookie mini-camp and then signed him to a spot on the 90-man roster.Droogsma had been working with the third team as a left guard. Coach Pat Shurmur admitted recently that Droogsma faced a “big challenge” in catching up after being away from football for so long.Apparently, the challenge was too big.Bunche, a 6-foot-6 Andrew Adams Color Rush Jersey , 310-pound offensive tackle, has been with the Philadelphia Eagles, Jacksonville Jaguars and Giants since going undrafted in 2015. He has never played in a regular-season game. The Giants cut Bunche at the end of the 2018 preseason. Bunche has also played in the CFL and the short-lived AAF.