Cody Latimer has announced that he will be returning to where it all began — New York, and specifically, the New York Giants.

According to NBC Sports, Latimer made this announcement on his social media today.

Latimer was brought in by the Giants to fill in the gaps left behind by the departure of Odell Beckham Jr. Latimer is now shoring up the defense with Sterling Shepard, Golden Tate, Corey Coleman, and Jawill Davis.

After the Beckham trade, the Giants hit the free agent market to sign veteran Golden Tate to a four-year, $37.5 million contract. Tate and Sterling Shepard figure to be the starting receivers. And around the same time, they came up with the idea to re-sign Latimer.

But Cody Latimer serves other purposes for the team as well.

Having traded away Odell Beckham Jr. to the Browns last week, the Giants need to restock their receiver corps. They know they it will be very hard to replace the special talent they sent to Cleveland but they do need players to catch passes from Eli Manning.

And Latimer can definitely serve as the catcher in that regard.

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Latimer, 26, made an impression early last season before a hamstring strain in Week 6 put him on injured reserve.

He finished his first season with the Giants with 11 receptions for 190 yards and one touchdown. Latimer spent his first four NFL seasons with the Broncos. He has good size at 6 feet 2 and is a solid special teams player.

He has 46 catches for 635 yards and four touchdowns in his career.