Malik Nabers with the New York Giants, 2025
With the New York Giants, 2025. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, LSU, 2021–⁠23

Malik Nabers

Number
No. 8
Height
6′0″
Weight
200 lb
Class (2023)
Junior
Hometown
Youngsville, LA
Born
Jul 28, 2003

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Malik Nabers played receiver at LSU (2021–⁠23). He was a consensus All‑American in 2023. The New York Giants took Nabers in the first round, No. 6 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,569
Receiving yards, 2023 (LSU, 10–⁠3)
Best game
239 yards
At Mississippi State, week 3, 2023: No. 1 receiving game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 2
In FBS in receiving yards, 2023
Drafted
No. 6
Overall, 2024 NFL Draft (New York Giants)

Career highs

13catches, career highat Mississippi State, 2023239receiving yards, career highat Mississippi State, 20232receiving touchdowns, career highfive times; last vs. Texas A&M, 2023

Honors

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2021LSU2841714.9467
2022LSU721,01714.1375
2023LSU891,56917.61451
Career1893,00315.92175

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021LSU8WRFr.
2022LSU8WRSo.
2023LSU8WRJr.6′0″200

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2021LSU390.9687th (n=410)0.6737.66%
2022LSU861.1193rd (n=683)0.7195.69%
2023LSU1200.9671st (n=681)0.80115.315%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2023 LSU 13 games, 89 catches, 1,569 yards, 14 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.Florida StateL 24–⁠45667021–
Sep 9vs.GramblingW 72–⁠10587130–
Sep 16atMississippi StateW 41–⁠1413239248–
Sep 23vs.ArkansasW 34–⁠318130236–
Sep 30atOle MissL 49–⁠558102039–
Oct 7atMissouriW 49–⁠3961461391
Oct 14vs.AuburnW 48–⁠18689129–
Oct 21vs.ArmyW 62–⁠04121251–
Nov 4atAlabamaL 28–⁠4210171146–
Nov 11vs.FloridaW 52–⁠356132044–
Nov 18vs.Georgia StateW 56–⁠148140240–
Nov 25vs.Texas A&MW 42–⁠306122245–
Jan 1 ✦vs.WisconsinW 35–⁠31323011–
2022 LSU 14 games, 72 catches, 1,017 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 4vs.Florida StateL 23–⁠24542013–
Sep 10vs.SouthernW 65–⁠17381160–
Sep 17vs.Mississippi StateW 31–⁠16676027–
Sep 24vs.New MexicoW 38–⁠0665017–
Oct 1atAuburnW 21–⁠17226017–
Oct 8vs.TennesseeL 13–⁠40680023–
Oct 15atFloridaW 45–⁠35448019–
Oct 22vs.Ole MissW 45–⁠20437017–
Nov 5vs.AlabamaW 32–⁠316490225
Nov 12atArkansasW 13–⁠10224012–
Nov 19vs.UABW 41–⁠107129047–
Nov 26atTexas A&ML 23–⁠38769018–
Dec 3vs.GeorgiaL 30–⁠505128159–
Jan 2 ✦vs.PurdueW 63–⁠79163175–
2021 LSU 11 games, 28 catches, 417 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 18vs.Central MichiganW 49–⁠211606–
Sep 25atMississippi StateW 28–⁠251404–
Oct 2vs.AuburnL 19–⁠24230025–
Oct 9atKentuckyL 21–⁠42366141–
Oct 16vs.FloridaW 49–⁠42336024–
Oct 23atOle MissL 17–⁠3143019–
Nov 6atAlabamaL 14–⁠20–––––
Nov 13vs.ArkansasL 13–⁠16234024–
Nov 20vs.UL MonroeW 27–⁠144143167–
Nov 27vs.Texas A&MW 27–⁠24651012–
Jan 4 ✦vs.Kansas StateL 20–⁠4221711523

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2024Combine or pro day 2024
Height5′11¾″
Weight200 lb
Arm length31⅜″
Hand size9⅞″
Wingspan76⅛″W
40-yard dash4.41 s
10-yard split1.56 sW
Vertical jump42″
Broad jump10′9″
Bench press15 reps

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 24 games with a stat; latest team: New York Giants.

Pro Bowl: 2024

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2024New York Giants151091,2047
2025New York Giants4182712
2026 (so far)New York Giants5293292
NFL career241561,80411

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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