Malik Nabers

Former wide receiver at LSU. 2023: 89 catches, 1,569 receiving yards, 14 TD.

WR · LSU · Jr. · #8

6′0″ · 200 lb · Youngsville, LA

CFB Index 96 · #2 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceConsensus AANew York — drafted 2024, Rd 1, Pick 6, #6 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 251 nationally · Signed with LSU

Statement game13 rec · 239 yds · 2 TDat Mississippi State (FBS) · W 41-14

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

NABERS TOUCHDOWN! GREAT PASS, GREAT CATCH! GEAUX TIGERS!r/CFB game thread · ▲ 10His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at LSU. 2023: 89 catches, 1,569 receiving yards, 14 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to LSU in 2021.
Drafted round 1 by the New York in 2024.
Named All-America (AP) in 2023.

His career, year by year

Career, closed

Gone at #6 overall.

How it ended

Three seasons at LSU, 3,003 receiving yards, a Consensus All-American season (2023) — drafted at #6 overall by New York.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 239 yds at Mississippi State.Mississippi State · W 41-142023

202110 games

Signed with LSU4-star out of Southside

202313 games

All-Americafirst · 14 selectors
All-SECfirst

2024

Drafted by New Yorkround 1, pick 6

Career arc

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 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2023)

12 first-team selectors

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ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM

All-SEC 1st team (2023)

Featured in The Canon

#88

The 100 Best Players of the CFP Era

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

2 coaches

2021

Ed Orgeron

LSU

2022–2023

Brian Kelly

LSU

era →

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 ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021LSU6-7HC: Ed Orgeron · Balanced

2022LSU10-4HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2023LSU10-3HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

96All-America level #2 of 497?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

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 this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	5.8	106	18.3	1.2
Road5g	8.6	145	16.8	0.8

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Lane Kiffin

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

96 · #2 of 497 WRs

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

Selector Grid · 2023

AP—

FWAA1st

AFCA1st

WCFF1st

SN1st

SI1st

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

Career stats

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

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

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.

With J. Daniels — 259 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.1 · 130 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD · J. Bramblett — 43 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 57 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Mississippi State · 4&7 · Q2 · EPA +5.06Jayden Daniels pass complete to Malik Nabers for 33 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 3 · Mississippi State · 2&17 · Q4 · EPA +4.51Jayden Daniels pass complete to Malik Nabers for 45 yds to the MSST 1 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Florida · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +4.06Jayden Daniels pass complete to Malik Nabers for 38 yds to the FLA 36 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Army · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.92Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Malik Nabers for 51 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 10 · Alabama · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.54Jayden Daniels pass complete to Malik Nabers for 46 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 12 · Georgia State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.33Jayden Daniels pass complete to Malik Nabers for 33 yds to the GAST 47 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Arkansas · 2&16 · Q4 · EPA +3.33Jayden Daniels pass complete to Malik Nabers for 20 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 12 · Georgia State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.19Jayden Daniels pass complete to Malik Nabers for 40 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 7 · Auburn · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.15Malik Nabers 29 Yd pass from Jayden Daniels (Damian Ramos Kick)
Week 11 · Florida · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.14Jayden Daniels pass complete to Malik Nabers for 44 yds to the FLA 27 for a 1ST down LSU Penalty, Offensive Holding (Brian Thomas Jr.) to the FLA 37 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 24-45@ 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@ Ole Miss	8	102	12.8	0	39
Wk 6	W 49-39@ 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@ 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	17.7	14	51