New York Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard has been cleared to participate in live drills in practice, according to Jordan Raanan of ESPN NFL Nation.

Shepard is nursing a fractured thumb, an injury he suffered during the first day of training camp last Wednesday. That was a brutal day for Giants receivers, as fellow wide out Corey Coleman was lost for the season after tearing his ACL.

Then, not long after, Golden Tate was hit with a four-game suspension for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing drugs.

So, obviously, training camp has not been very kind to New York's receiving corps.

Shepard, whom the Giants gave a four-year contract extension back in April, is expected to be New York's No. 1 receiver in 2019 after the team traded away Odell Beckham Jr. earlier this offseason.

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The 26-year-old is coming off of a 2018 campaign in which he played all 16 games and hauled in 66 receptions for 872 yards and four touchdowns.

Shepard played his collegiate football at the University of Oklahoma and was originally selected by the Giants in the second round (40th pick overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft.

He went on to have a very impressive rookie year, appearing in all 16 contests and catching 65 passes for 683 yards and eight scores. Injuries then limited Shepard to just 11 games the following season, but he still managed to snare 59 balls for 731 yards and a couple of touchdowns.

The Giants won only five games this past year and have made the playoffs just once since last winning the Super Bowl during the 2011-12 campaign.