New York Giants wide receiver Domenik Hixon, who has played only two games the past two seasons after tearing his right ACL twice, is "hoping to finalize a contract very soon" to return to the team, his agent Eric Metz told The Star-Ledger on Tuesday.
Hixon, 27, had a $600,000 base salary last season and earned a $250,000 roster bonus, according to the newspaper, but tore his right ACL in Week 2. He had suffered the same injury at a minicamp in June 2010.
With Mario Manninghamexpecting to leave the Giants as a free agent, Hixon could get a chance for increased playing time if he is fully recovered.
Hixon, who had four catches for 50 yards and a touchdown last season, has 63 catches for 838 yards and four touchdowns in his six-year career.
He played his first two seasons in Denver.