Brian Burns and Andrew Thomas join ESPN top 100 player list

The New York Giants have two players featured on ESPN's Top 100 Players list for 2026. Edge rusher Brian Burns is ranked 81st, while left tackle Andrew Thomas holds the 82nd spot. Neither player appeared in the rankings last year. Burns finished the 2025 season with 16.5 sacks, the most by a Giants player since 2011. He now enters the upcoming season under the direction of new head coach John Harbaugh and defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson. Thomas enters this season with a healthy status after ranking among the league's top offensive tackles in pass block and run block win rates last year. These individual rankings arrive as the team prepares for the start of the 2026 schedule.

• 1:55 PMYahoo Sports — 2 New York Giants named to ESPN's Top 100 Players of 2026 list