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Malik Nabers

WR · LSU · Jr. · #8

Unanimous AANew York — drafted 2024, Rd 1, Pick 6, #6 overall
This season's coverage starts August 26 — check back once kickoff hits.

Malik Nabers

WR · LSU · Jr · #8

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Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#251 national
CFB
College
LSU
2021–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
R1 · #6
New York · 2024

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

14 entries
🏆

ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2023)

12 first-team selectors

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2023)

All-SEC

Featured in The Canon

#88
The 100 Best Players of the CFP Era

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023

2 coaches
2021
2022era →
2023

Coaching transition mid-career: Ed Orgeron → Brian Kelly. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New YorkEntering 3rd NFL season

#6Rd 1 · Pick 6
New YorkEntering 3rd NFL season
View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021LSU6-7HC: Ed Orgeron · Balanced
2022LSU10-4HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced
2023LSU10-3HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

Awards

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

14 entries
🏆

ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2023)

12 first-team selectors

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2023)

All-SEC

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2023LSU891,56917.614--
2022LSU721,01714.13--
2021LSU2841714.94--
Career1893,00315.921--
SeasonTeam
2023LSU11------
2022LSU1531----
2021LSU423------
Career62931----

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2023

W 49–39

at Missouri

1 rush yds (1 car)

Edged out Missouri on the road in a shootout.

How he plays

Play style

Beats you over the top.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Deep Threat

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

WR

His 2023 production profile sits closest to Emeka Egbuka’s 2022 season.

Emeka Egbuka

68%match

Ohio State · 2022

All-Big TenNFL Rd 1 · Pk 19
#2

Ricky White

UNLV · 2023

66%
#3

Jack Sorenson

Miami (OH) · 2021

All-MAC
66%
#4

Garrett Wilson

Ohio State · 2021

1st-team All-AmericanNFL Rd 1 · Pk 10
65%
#5

Luther Burden III

Missouri · 2023

All-SECNFL Rd 2 · Pk 7
62%

Matches Emeka on

Height
Total EPA (college ability)

Differs from Emeka on

Class year (lower)
Recruiting rating (lower)
Reception volume (higher)
Based on 9 features · 3 seasons in pool · Opponent-adjusted weighted z-score distance

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Beau Kelly’s path through Portland State.

Beau Kelly

100%match

Portland State · 2022

#2

Will Vereen

South Carolina State · 2021

100%
#3

Tre Nixon

UCF · 2020

NFL Rd 7
100%
#4

Micah Davis

Southern Miss · 2025

95%
#5

Jalen Coker

Holy Cross · 2023

92%

Matches Beau on

Yards per reception
202120222023
Career-aggregate opponent-adjusted stats · physical traits

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Ricky White's junior season at UNLV (2023).

Ricky White

70%match

UNLV · 2023

#2

Jamari Thrash

Georgia State · 2022

All-Sun BeltNFL Rd 5
63%
#3

Jalin Hyatt

Tennessee · 2022

BiletnikoffConsensus All-AmericanNFL Rd 3 · Pk 10
60%
#4

Trey Palmer

Nebraska · 2022

All-Big TenNFL Rd 6
59%
#5

Eric Rivers

Florida International · 2024

All-Conference USA
57%

Matches Ricky on

Yards / reception
Height
Weight

Differs from Ricky on

Class year (lower)
TD rate (higher)
Opponent-adjusted stats · junior cohort across all seasons

Player DNA

Players who play like Malik Nabers

#1

Micah Davis

Utah State · 2023

95%

Development

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2021–2023
4172021
1,0172022
1,5692023

+276%

Up 276% from first season to most-recent.