Justin Tuck will sign a ceremonial one-day contract on Friday in order to retire as a member of the Giants, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed to NJ Advance Media. The news was first reported by ESPN's Dan Graziano.

The team has since confirmed the news.

Tuck, who was instrumental in the Giants' two Super Bowl wins in the 2007 and 2011 seasons, announced his retirement from the NFL prior to the Super Bowl after playing his final two seasons for the Oakland Raiders. He had previously said he planned on going the ceremonial route to close out his career with the Giants, who he spent the first nine years of his career with.

Tuck, 32, was the Giants' third-round pick out of Notre Dame in 2005. He missed most of last season with a pectoral injury. Tuck finished his NFL career with 66.5 sacks, 60.5 of which came with the Giants.

Tuck made his biggest impact on the grand stage, notching two sacks each in the Giants' victories over the New England Patriots in Super Bowls XLII and XLVI.

Tuck's friend and former linemate, Osi Umenyiora, also retired as a Giant last August.

"At the end of the day," Tuck told NJ Advance Media then, "I think we all kind of want to ride out like Osi is right now, on your own terms."

Tuck will now do the same, and he will assuredly then follow Umenyiora into the Giants' Ring of Honor. Umenyiora was inducted immediately last season, so it is possible Tuck could go right in this year - as could former Giants coach Tom Coughlin.

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