Offensive lineman J.C. Hassenauer has agreed to contract terms with the New York Giants, the NFL team announced on Thursday afternoon.

Hassenauer was an unrestricted free agent after the Pittsburgh Steelers did not make a qualifying offer before March 15, which would have kept him as a restricted free agent.

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Hassenauer had been with the Steelers since 2019.

In 2022, Hassenauer played in every game but was on the field for only 46 offensive snaps, along with 71 special-teams plays, in 17 contests. Hassenauer played 41 of those snaps at center in Pittsburgh’s 37-30 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Nov. 20 after starter Mason Cole got hurt.

Jon Feliciano started 15 regular-season and two playoff games at center for the Giants in 2022, but he left the team in free agency by signing with the San Francisco 49ers this offseason.

Nick Gates started at center in the two games that Feliciano missed last season and also started six regular-season and two playoff contests at left guard. He left in free agency for the Washington Commanders last month.

In four seasons at Alabama, Hassenauer started three games – all in his senior season, when Giants coach Brian Daboll was the Crimson Tide’s offensive coordinator.

Hassenauer’s third start came in his final college game – a 26-23 overtime victory against Georgia in the CFP national championship contest for the 2017 season.

Hassenauer joined the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted rookie in 2018, and he spent the first seven weeks of the season on their practice squad.

In 2019, Hassenauer served as the starting center for the Birmingham Iron until the Alliance of American Football folded after eight weeks of spring play.

Hassenauer joined Pittsburgh after the AAF’s abrupt end. He didn’t survive the roster cut to the regular-season limit at the end of the preseason, but he returned to the Steelers in November as a practice-squad member. Hassenauer dressed for a game for the first time in Pittsburgh’s 2019 regular-season finale, but he didn’t play.

In 2020, Hassenauer survived the Steelers’ preseason-to-regular-season roster cut, played in 15 games and made four starts – filling in for Maurkice Pouncey for three games and getting the call at left guard once.

In 2021, Hassenauer again held a backup role. But he played every snap at center for Pittsburgh in the final two regular-season games and a 42-21 playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

Terms of Hassenauer’s contract have not been announced.

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