New York Giants

Amukamara: I'm not going to play unless I'm fully healed

Published Aug. 25, 2015 12:34 a.m. ET

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New York Giants cornerback Prince Amukamara has played in all 16 regular season games in just one season thus far in his career. In 2015, he is putting his health before any other individual goal. Playing in all 16 is the idea, and Amukamara has a plan to accomplish it.

“My plan — my goal — is to play all 16 games during the season,” Amukamara told Ebenezer Samuel of the Daily News. “I would say my number one goal is to play all 16 games. And if I’m in there all 16 games, I think the production will take care of itself.

“I’m not going to go out and play if I don’t feel 100% confident that I’m fully healed,” he added. “And I don’t want to have another setback before I go to Dallas. Because then I would be very, very, very, very mad.”

Despite missing eight games, Amukamara finished as one of Pro Football Focus' 25 best cornerbacks overall in 2014. After totaling just three interceptions in his first three seasons, Amukamara finished with three interceptions through just eight games last season. If Amukamara can finally stay healthy, it will be a major boost to a Giants secondary that has been ravaged by injuries in training camp and the preseason.

(h/t NY Daily News)