RB Kenneth Harper never missed a game at Temple University.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.  – The Giants today announced the signings of four players who attended the team’s rookie minicamp this past weekend on a tryout basis.
 
The newest Giants are running back Kenneth Harper of Temple, wide receiver Ben Edwards of Richmond, tight end Will Tye of Stony Brook.

Harper, 5-10 and 233 pounds, never missed a game in four seasons at Temple. He played in 48 games with 21 starts and his career totals included 269 carries for 1,113 yards (4.1-yard avg.) and 17 touchdowns and 66 receptions for 528 yards (8.0-yard avg.) and four scores. As a senior in 2014, he ran for 305 yards and five touchdowns on 87 carries and caught 27 passes for 528 yards and a score. Against Memphis, Harper rushed for a career-high 116 yards, including a 74-yard touchdown.
 
Edwards, 5-10 and 197 pounds, was a two-time All-Colonial Athletic Conference first team selection. In four seasons, he caught 207 passes (second in school history) for 2,196 yards and 15 touchdowns. As a senior in 2013, Edwards had 74 receptions for 706 yards and five touchdowns, 31 rushing attempts for 153 yards and a score and led the Spiders with 12 punt returns for 124 yards. As a junior, Edwards led the CAA with 80 receptions for a team-high 852 yards. He caught 44 passes as a sophomore and nine in 2010, when he was one of six true freshmen to play for Richmond.
 
Tye, 6-2 and 262 pounds, played in 23 games with 18 starts in two seasons at Stony Brook after transferring from Florida State. His two-year totals were 79 catches for 1,015 yards and nine touchdowns. In 2013, Tye had a career-high 45 receptions for 520 yards and four touchdowns. Last year, he caught 34 passes for 495 yards and a career-best five scores. At Florida State, Tye played in four games as a redshirt freshman in 2011 and four more in 2012.