Giants 2021 roster profile: C Nick Gates

Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesIt was rocky at the beginning, but Nick Gates made a successful transition from guard and tackle to center — a position he had never played — for the New York Giants last season.

Gates is now the leader of an offensive line that will face tremendous scrutiny in a critical season for the Giants after the organization made no major moves to upgrade the talent at the position.

Let’s take a closer look at Gates as we continue profiling each of the 90 players the Giants will bring to training camp this summer.

The basics

Height: 6-foot-5

Weight: 307

Age: 25

Position: Center

Experience: 3

Contract: Year 1 of two-year, $6.825 million deal | Guaranteed at sign: $3.175M |…