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The Giants aren’t letting their entire 2022 draft class follow Brian Daboll to the Titans.

Linebacker Micah McFadden, who suffered a season-ending Lisfranc foot injury in Week 1 of last season, is re-signing with the Giants on a one-year contract, a source told The Post’s Paul Schwartz.

The prove-it deal carries a base value of $3.75 million and can increase to $5.75M, his agents told ESPN.


  Giants bringing back Micah McFadden. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post Giants bringing back Micah McFadden. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post

McFadden made 28 starts in 30 games from 2023-24 and established himself as a physical and reliable gap-shooting run defender with back-to-back 100-tackle seasons.

McFadden’s three-year partner in the middle of the field — Bobby Okereke — was released before free agency started.

The Giants replaced Okereke with Tremaine Edmunds on a three-year, $36 million contract. Edmunds was a salary-cap casualty of the Bears.

So, do the two moves take Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles out of the equation for the Giants with the No. 5 pick in the NFL Draft?

That would be foolish management given that McFadden’s contract is only one year in length and there is no way to know if he will return to his top form — which is nowhere near Styles’ ceiling, anyway — after his injury.

McFadden originally was a fifth-round pick. Three of his draft classmates — second-rounder Wan’Dale Robinson, third-rounder Cor’Dale Flott and fourth-rounder Daniel Bellinger — all agreed to join the Titans on Monday. Another fourth-rounder, Dane Belton, is Jets-bound.

The Giants have first-rounder Kayvon Thibodeaux under contract on a one-year option in 2026. First-rounder Evan Neal, third-rounder Josh Ezeudu and fifth-rounder D.J. Davidson are unsigned free agents.

McFadden is expected to be ready for the start of the offseason program next month given that he was pushing to make a late-season return in December despite the Giants already being out of the playoff hunt.

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