With NFL free agency looming, wide receiver Darius Slayton said last week that he knew he would attract a lot of attention around the league.

The former Auburn wide receiver might have done so. But on Monday night, the New York Giants announced Slayton wouldn’t be going anywhere.

NFL Network reported Slayton’s new deal with the Giants is worth $36 million over three seasons.

Slayton signed a two-year, $12 million contract with New York the previous time he was eligible for free agency. That contract expires at 3 p.m. CDT Wednesday, and players with expiring contracts were eligible to begin negotiating with other teams on Monday.

But the Giants didn’t let Slayton get away after he had 39 receptions for 573 yards and two touchdown in 16 games in the 2024 season, when he also won the NFL Players Association’s Alan Page Community Award for his off-the-field chartiable endeavors.

Slayton joined the Giants as a fifth-round selection from Auburn in the 2019 NFL Draft. Since then, New York has used four other picks in the first 75 on SEC wide receivers, but Slayton has led the Giants in receiving yards in four of his six seasons.

Over the past six seasons, Slayton is among the four NFL players with at least 250 receptions and an average gain of 15 yards per catch. The others are Justin Jefferson, AJ Brown and Mike Williams.

In 92 NFL regular-season games, Slayton has 259 receptions for 3,897 yards and 21 touchdowns.

On the Giants’ career lists, Slayton ranks 17th in receptions, 18th in receiving yards and tied for 22nd in touchdown catches.

Among Auburn’s NFL players, Slayton ranks fifth in receptions, third in receiving yards and fifth in touchdown receptions.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.