These are the 4 oldest players to wear the NY Giants’ uniform

#3 Oldest Player in NY Giants’ History: Long Snapper Trey Junkin

Age: 41 Years Old

Trey Junkin is the second name on this list of oldest players in NY Giants’ history.

Junkin was 41 years old in his one season (the last of his 20-year career) in New York with the Giants in 2002.

Junkin had five, six, and six-year stints with the LA Raiders, Seattle Seahawks, and Arizona Cardinals. He also had brief stints with the Bills, Cowboys, and a separate one-year run again with the Raiders.

Junkin is remembered for one of the most infamous, dubious, and lowlight games (and plays) in franchise history. The NY Giants blew a 24-point late in the 3rd quarter of the 2003 NFC Wild Card Game in San Francisco vs the 49ers.

The Giants lost the game 39-38.

However, on the game’s last play, New York had a chance to win on a Matt Bryant field goal. They could’ve erased the blown deficit and still win on a 40-yard field goal. The snap and hold exchange was botched and New York was forced to throw downfield.

Junkin’s error of snapping the ball inaccurately caused the entire debacle to happen as the Giants flung a desperate pass downfield to Rich Seubert who was then controversially dragged down to the ground with no flags called. NY lost the game, blew a 24-point lead, and they never recovered from it the next season.

Unintentionally, Junkin’s bad snap led to the terrible 2003 season that then led to Manning and Tom Coughlin being instilled as the franchise quarterback and head coach come 2004. Big-picture-wise, everything worked out for New York after Junkin’s one-and-done season. However, his bad snap forever lingers as one of the most painful and nauseating plays in team history.