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PlayerTyler Nubin · S, New York Giants, Model Score 73.4Be the Giants GM

Tyler Nubin

New York Giants
Pos S
Updated October 8, 2026
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Model Score

73.4 MODEL
2024
77.1
2025
72.5

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

2023 Big Ten DPOY plus the 47th overall draft slot plus two years as the Giants' structural FS starter puts Nubin in the elite S developmental class. The Minnesota Big Ten 2nd-round origin plus the structural Giants anchor role establish real college foundation. The 2026 question is whether Nubin crosses into tier 5-6 territory in his year-three jump or whether the structural tier 7-8 finish becomes the stable baseline.

Nubin came out of Minnesota as the New York Giants' 2nd-round pick (47th overall) in 2024 after earning 2023 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year. He has anchored the Giants' free safety role across two seasons.

Strengths

  • 2023 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year plus the 47th overall draft slot plus the structural Giants FS starter role establishes elite college foundation.
  • Minnesota Big Ten 2nd-round origin plus two years of Giants system experience gives him real developmental runway.

Concerns

  • Career STTM range historically tier 7-8 for a 47th overall 2nd-round pick is below the year-two median for 2nd-round S picks on Pro Bowl trajectories.
  • Giants' broader defensive identity instability plus the multi-year offensive rebuild compresses the structural support around Nubin.

What to watch: Whether Nubin crosses into tier 5 (top 40) in 2026, the standard year-three threshold for 2nd-round S picks on Pro Bowl trajectories.

Comps

Coming out
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Tyler Nubin Injury StatusNot listed

Tyler Nubin is not on the injury report as of Oct 7. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

Draft & College

Round 2, pick 47 · New York Giants · 2024
Minnesota (Big Ten)
Taken
#47
where he actually went
Consensus board
45th
average of the public big boards that spring
Our college model
#174
among S in our college data

He went about where consensus had him.

In college · 2020-2023 · 43 games
13 INT, 8 pass breakups, 195 tackles, 4 TFL

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What this pick usually becomes

Of the 320 players taken as a second-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 63% earned a second contract and 58% became starters. The median one started 44 career games.

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