Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz revealed Thursday night he has started running again as he rehabs a rare calf injury that cost him the 2015 season.

Cruz made the announcement in an UNINTERRUPTED video feature posted to Bleacher Report, saying he ran for the first time Wednesday since having surgery on the calf.

"I've been making a lot of progress," Cruz says in the video. "The calf is feeling really, really good. I'm excited about the progress, I'm excited for what's to come."

Cruz has not played in almost two seasons. He suffered a patellar tear in his right knee in October of 2014, and never took the field this past year as a seemingly minor calf injury suffered midway through training camp eventually ended his season before it ever started.

Giants coach Ben McAdoo said Cruz will "absolutely" be with the team in 2016 at the NFL Scouting Combine. General manager Jerry Reese was not as adamant, only saying that Cruz is on the roster. It is expected Cruz will return to the team after a pay cut, as he is due to make $7.9 million in base salary in 2016 and have a cap number of $9.9 million. Cruz has intimated he would be amenable to a reworked deal, but no restructure has occurred yet. Reese declined to discuss the prospect of a pay cut at the Combine.

Cruz had recently put his chances of returning to the Giants at 80 percent. But in the video, he mentioned fellow wideout Odell Beckham Jr. and his teammates as one of the reasons he is excited about his comeback.

"I really feel like it's paying dividends. The strength in my calf is starting to come back," he said. "Everything's starting to come around. I'm excited to go out there with my teammates again. I'm excited to see Odell and those guys, I'm excited to play again. But I know I have a long journey ahead of me. I have some significant gains to make in terms of where I'm at with my calf, and things like that. I'm excited."

Cruz added he is "pretty much building my legs up from scratch ... (to) make sure they are stronger than they ever were, and they stay that way. No more setbacks, no more things that hinder me from having success."

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