Malik Nabers

#8 · WR · Jr. · LSU6′0″ · 200 lb · Youngsville, LA · Southside

Malik Nabers: WR · LSU · #8.

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Malik Nabers

WR · LSU · Jr · #8

Beats you over the top. The three seasons at LSU span two head coaches: Ed Orgeron and Brian Kelly. First career honor, 2023: All-America (Consensus). On tape: 239 receiving yards and 13 receptions against Mississippi State, Week 3, 2023.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

LSU in the news

Baylor seeks buyout money for ArandaOct 31
Kiffin calls out SEC schedulingAOL.com Oct 28
SEC sues LSU over eligibilityTiger Rag Oct 27
Baylor fires Dave Aranda.Oct 25

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	LSU	89	1,569	17.6	14	51
2022	LSU	72	1,017	14.1	3	75
2021	LSU	28	417	14.9	4	67
Career		189	3,003	15.9	21	75

Season	Team
2023	LSU	1	1	--
2022	LSU	1	5	31
2021	LSU	4	23	--
Career		6	29	31

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 24-45vs No. 8 Florida State	6	67	11.2	0	21
Wk 2	W 72-10vs Grambling	5	87	17.4	1	30
Wk 3	W 41-14@ Mississippi State	13	239	18.4	2	48	Season-high 239 yds
Wk 4	W 34-31vs Arkansas	8	130	16.3	2	36	2 TD catches
Wk 5	L 49-55@ No. 20 Ole Miss	8	102	12.8	0	39
Wk 6	W 49-39@ No. 21 Missouri	6	146	24.3	1	39	146-yard receiving day
Wk 7	W 48-18vs Auburn	6	89	14.8	1	29
Wk 8	W 62-0vs Army	4	121	30.3	2	51	2 TD catches
Wk 10	L 28-42@ No. 8 Alabama	10	171	17.1	1	46	171-yard receiving day
Wk 11	W 52-35vs Florida	6	132	22.0	0	44	132-yard receiving day
Wk 12	W 56-14vs Georgia State	8	140	17.5	2	40	2 TD catches
Wk 13	W 42-30vs Texas A&M	6	122	20.3	2	45	2 TD catches
Bowl	W 35-31vs Wisconsin	3	23	7.7	0	11
Total		89	1569	17.6	14	51

Signature game

Week 3 · 2023

W 41-14

at Mississippi State

13 rec · 239 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 27-point win on the road against Mississippi State.

With J. Daniels — 361 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.3 · 64 rush yds (15 car) · 2 TD · J. Bramblett — 38.5 yards per punt · 2 punts · 40 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Mississippi State · 4th and 7 · Q2 · EPA +5.06Jayden Daniels pass complete to Malik Nabers for 33 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 3 · Mississippi State · 2nd and 17 · Q4 · EPA +4.51Jayden Daniels pass complete to Malik Nabers for 45 yds to the MSST 1 for a
Week 11 · Florida · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +4.06Jayden Daniels pass complete to Malik Nabers for 38 yds to the FLA 36 for a
Week 8 · Army · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.92Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Malik Nabers for 51 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 10 · Alabama · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.54Jayden Daniels pass complete to Malik Nabers for 46 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 12 · Georgia State · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.33Jayden Daniels pass complete to Malik Nabers for 33 yds to the GAST 47 for a

4 more plays

Week 4 · Arkansas · 2nd and 16 · Q4 · EPA +3.33Jayden Daniels pass complete to Malik Nabers for 20 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 12 · Georgia State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.19Jayden Daniels pass complete to Malik Nabers for 40 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 7 · Auburn · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.15Daniels to Nabers: a 29-yard touchdown pass.
Week 11 · Florida · 2nd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +3.14Jayden Daniels pass complete to Malik Nabers for 44 yds to the FLA 27 for a LSU Penalty, Offensive Holding (Brian Thomas Jr.) to the FLA 37 for a

Teams and coaches

2021LSU6-7HC: Ed Orgeron · Balanced

2022LSU10-4HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2023LSU10-3HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 96 (#2 of 497). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

96All-America level #2 of 497 · 2023?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2023 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: explosive rate (95th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (94th percentile). Concern: catch rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#33 / 639 · 95th pct

27.6%

Yards / catch#40 / 639 · 94th pct

18.0

TD rate#156 / 639 · 76th pct

9.5%

EPA / target#163 / 639 · 75th pct

0.97

Catch rate#527 / 639 · 18th pct

70.7%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#2 / 566 · 100th pct

1569

Rec TDs#3 / 566 · 99th pct

Receptions#11 / 566 · 98th pct

Yards / catch#59 / 566 · 89th pct

17.6

Long catch#239 / 566 · 57th pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Rush yards#226 / 294 · 21st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

92nd → 75th percentile

Explosive rate

61st → 95th percentile

Catch rate

72nd → 18th percentile

TD rate

26th → 76th percentile

Yards / catch

73rd → 94th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2023. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	6.1	117	19.8	1.4
Road4g	9.2	164	18.1	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	6.9	110	15.4	0.9
Weeks 8+5g	6.8	137	21.4	1.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2023 season

Head Coach

Brian Kelly

Pass share

49.0%

407 pass / 423 run

Plays / game

63.8

13 games

Team sack rate

4.9%

427 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Unanimous All-American

First team on every major selector list.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

96 · #2 of 497 WRs · 2023

Former four-star. Now #2 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2023

AP1st

FWAA1st

AFCA1st

WCFF1st

SN1st

SI1st

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Malik Nabers

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

Unanimous All-American

Three seasons at LSU, drafted

2021 10 games

2023 13 games

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