Malik Nabers
New York GiantsMalik Nabers has 48 catches, 605 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns in 7 games for the New York Giants this season through Week 8, 17.2 PPR points a game (updated November 5, 2026).
Model Score by season
Up 4.2 from last season.
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
STM Take
An elite receiver whose only question is the knee.
The case for
- Set Giants franchise rookie records for receptions (109) and receiving yards (1,204) in 2024 despite Daniel Jones and Drew Lock as his QBs. The 2024 tier 2 #16 finish is real elite-tier production.
- Wk 2 2025's 37.7 PPR plus 2024's Wks 15-18 stretch (24.2, 13.8, 36.1, 17.4 PPR) show explosion-week ceiling few WRs ever reach.
The worry
- Torn ACL in Wk 4 2025 is the defining 2026 variable. ACL recoveries for WRs typically take a full season before peak speed and cuts return.
- Giants offensive line and 2026 QB depth chart remain bottom-tier, which means even a healthy Nabers faces a hard ceiling on QB-driven volume.
What to watch: Whether the rebuilt knee allows him to return to full speed by Week 1 2026, because his entire game depends on the after-the-catch burst the ACL disrupts.
Full take and bio
The 2025 #38 (tier 5) finish on a 4-game sample is misleading because the Wk 2 37.7 PPR plus 2024's tier 2 #16 finish show the player is genuinely elite when healthy. The torn ACL ended his season but the underlying skill set has not changed. The 2026 question is purely physical recovery, not whether he is a top-15 WR when on the field.
Nabers came out of LSU as the New York Giants' #6 overall pick in 2024 after a junior season that produced 89 receptions for 1,569 yards and 14 touchdowns. He set the Giants franchise rookie record for receptions (109) and yards (1,204) in 2024 and finished tier 2 #16 in his first NFL season, despite Daniel Jones and Drew Lock as his primary QBs. The 2025 season ended on a torn ACL in Week 4 after a Wk 2 37.7 PPR explosion showed his alpha-target ceiling was fully intact.
Comps
The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.
JuJu Smith-Schuster ’1883%Muhsin Muhammad ’9983%
Terry McLaurin ’2084%Torry Holt ’0281%
Rod Smith ’9880%Plays like: CeeDee Lamb, Andre Johnson, Reggie Wayne. Built like: Cornell Powell, Brandon Aiyuk, Parris Campbell. Coming out: Ja'Marr Chase, Justin Jefferson, Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
Of his 20 closest coming out: 4 stars, 7 starters, 6 backups, 3 didn't stick.
Malik Nabers Props This Weekat PHI Sun Nov 8
| Market | Line | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anytime TD | +160 DraftKings |
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Malik Nabers Injury StatusNot listed
Malik Nabers is not on the injury report as of Nov 4. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
This season · 7 games
17.2 fantasy points a game, 120 PPR on the season. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.
Contract2026 cap
Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.
Fantasy outlookWeek 9
Our rest-of-season board has Malik Nabers at WR7 (the public consensus says WR9); the model has 147 PPR points left for him this season; this week he visits PHI.
Price a trade for him on the fantasy trade calculator, or see the whole board on the Fantasy hub.
Draft & College
Round 1, pick 6 to the New York Giants in 2024, out of LSU (SEC). He went about where consensus had him.
In college, 2021-2023, 37 games: 185 rec, 2,954 yds, 19 TD, 16.0 yds/rec.
Recruited
Class of 2021 · Receiver · High school: Southside, Youngsville, LA
LSUHis full list of offers is not on our record yet; offers for the 2021 class are still being added.