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Owa Odighizuwa hopeful for NFL debut this week

EAST RUTHEFORD, N.J. – Owa Odighizuwa is hopeful this is the week he becomes the last active member of the Giants’ 2015 draft class to play in a regular-season game.

Odighizuwa, the defensive end from UCLA selected in the third round, missed the first three games with a foot injury. But he has practiced this week and believes he will be in uniform when the Giants visit the Bills Sunday in Buffalo.

“Those past three weeks, I knew I wasn’t going to be able to play,” Odighizuwa said today. “They were trying to get me back right, get healthy and things like that.