Malik Nabers nominated for Rookie of the Week (again)

The 21-year-old LSU product leads the NFL with 35 receptions, five more than any other player, while his 386 receiving yards rank second.

He is the first player in the Super Bowl era with at least 30 receptions, 300 receiving yards, and three receiving touchdowns in his first four career games.

His 35 receptions through four games are the second-most in NFL history (Puka Nacua had 39 in 2023). The other two players with 30+ receptions in their first four games each went on to break the single-season rookie record (Nacua, Anquan Boldin in 2003).

Nabers also has at least five receptions in each of his first four games, tied for the fourth-longest streak to start a career since at least 1970. The three players with the longest streaks to start their careers are CeeDee Lamb (six games in 2020), Nacua (five games in 2023), and Terry Glenn (five games in 1996).

Thursday’s game against the Cowboys also represented the third time in Giants history that two players had 10+ receptions in the same game, the other being Wan’Dale Robinson. Victor Cruz and Hakeem Nicks accomplished this in 2012, while Mario Manningham and Steve Smith did it in 2009.

“Those are two of our really good players,” coach Brian Daboll said after the game about Nabers and Robinson. “And I think that’s what you try to do. When you’re devising games is to try to get your best guys involved.”