For someone who didn’t even start playing running back until he was a senior in college, Tyrone Tracy Jr. made quite the impact for the Giants during Week 5 of his rookie season. Starting in place of the injured Devin Singletary, Tracy carried the ball 18 times and ran wild for 129 yards in the Giants’ 29-20 upset win against the Seahawks in Seattle. Head coach Brian Daboll, speaking Monday over Zoom after reviewing the game film, praised Tracy for being a smart player who has worked well with running backs coach Joel Thomas. The Giants drafted Tracy, who played wide receiver in college from 2019 to 2022, in the fifth round out of Purdue this past April. “He played well yesterday, but the 10 guys around him played well, too,” Daboll said. “There were good holes, he did a good job of pressing the line of scrimmage and making decisive cuts, putting his foot in the ground on that third-and-2 to make a big play there. But he’s done a nice job for us since he’s been here of just continually improving, which is what we want all our players to do.” It marked a huge turnaround for the Giants’ running game, which generated only 26 yards on 24 touches in the 20-15 loss to the Cowboys in Week 4. The Giants’ offensive line has consistently played well in pass protection. But run blocking has been a weakness at times, and Daboll said the five linemen have been communicating well behind the scenes. “They need the truth in terms of, ‘Here are the plays that we ran. Here are where the breakdowns. This is what we need to improve on,’” Daboll said. “Whether it was perimeter blocking, inline blocking, running back reads — all those type of things — and you try to get better. One week really has nothing to do with the next week, so we just went to work and identified some things that we wanted to try to get to and work on it in practice. The guys did a good job.” In terms of reads, Tracy was an impactful runner in a week where the Giants were counted out without Singletary (groin) and wide receiver Malik Nabers (concussion). Daboll was noncommittal, though, when asked if the performance put Tracy in consideration to at least split more carries with Singletary once the sixth-year back is healthy enough to play again. Singletary was averaging 3.9 yards per carry through the first four games. “He had a nice game,” Daboll said. “I think we just take it day by day, week by week, see what we’re doing and what the game plan is for the opponent that we’re about to play. But we expect all our players to be ready and perform when their number is called.”