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Azeez Ojulari Exits Giants' Wild Card Game with a Quad Injury

Ojulari has had an injury-filled second season.

Patricia Traina

Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK
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New York Giants outside linebacker Azeez Ojulari has been ruled out of the second half of the team's Wild Card game against the Minnesota Vikings with a quad injury, the team announced.

It's been a nightmarish season for Ojulari, who began training camp on the Reserve/NFI list with a hamstring strain suffered during a workout before training camp.

When he finally passed the physical, he lasted 11 days into training camp after suffering a calf strain that cost him the first two games of the 2022 regular season.

Ojulari tried to return, but his calf wasn't ready, and he landed on injured reserve on October 22. He returned for the Giants' Week 13 game against Washington but suffered a sprained ankle against the Vikings in the regular-season game in Week 16.

Ojulari, who has 5.5 sacks in 2022, sat in Week 18 along with the other starters to rest his ailment. He now has a quad injury, the severity of which isn't known.

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PATRICIA TRAINA

Patricia Traina has covered the New York Giants for over 30 seasons for multiple media outlets, including Inside Football, Fan Sided, SB Nation, The Athletic, Forbes, and the Fan Nation Network (part of Sports Illustrated).  In addition to being a credentialed member of the New York Giants press corps, Patricia has covered five Super Bowls (three featuring the Giants), the annual NFL draft, and the NFL Scouting Combine. Patricia’s late father was a long-time New York Giants season ticket holder who helped instill her love and appreciation of the game and the franchise at a very early age.  She was able to parlay that knowledge of Giants franchise history into her first published work, The Big 50: The Men and Moments that Made the New York Giants (Triumph Books, September 2020). She has enhanced her knowledge of the game by completing two semesters with the Scouting Academy and taking a course in NFL salary cap management. In addition to her work with Giants Country, Patricia is the host of the very successful LockedOn Giants podcast (also available on YouTube), featuring analysis, interviews, and Giants fan interaction. Patricia is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and the Football Writers Association of America and has participated in the mentoring of aspiring journalists. Patricia holds a Bachelor’s degree in English literature (with a minor in creative writing) and a Master’s degree in Corporate Communication. She is a certified resume development specialist (corporate, military transition, and federal) and interview coach who enjoys music and creating fan art featuring her favorite bands. 

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