Malik Nabers flew off the board shortly after the first round opened. The star wide receiver from LSU was selected No. 6 in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft by the New York Giants.

Nabers begins his professional career after three seasons at LSU. He leaves Baton Rouge as the most productive wide receiver in Tiger football history. In 2023, Nabers solidified his first-round pick status with a standout junior season.

Nabers entered Year 3 of his career with plenty of buzz after leading the SEC in receptions and finishing second in receiving yards as a sophomore. As a junior, Nabers made a strong case as the nation’s WR1.

By his standards, Nabers had a slow start to 2023 with 6 catches for 67 yards against Florida State and 5 receptions for 87 yards against Grambling. After that, Nabers got hot and never cooled down.

Nabers went off for 239 yards on 13 catches in Game 3 against Mississippi State. It would be the start of a 4-game triple-digit stretch against Arkansas (130 yards), Ole Miss (102) and Mizzou (146).

After “only” 89 receiving yards against Auburn, Nabers finished the regular season on a 5-game tear of 100-plus receiving yards against Army (121 yards), Alabama (171), Florida (132), Georgia State (140), and Texas A&M (122).

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LSU fell short of championship contention in 2023. No one would have blamed Nabers for skipping the ReliaQuest Bowl, but there was history to be made, so he suited up to catch passes from Garrett Nussmeier, filling in for Jayden Daniels.

With 3 catches for 23 yards in the first half of the bowl game, Nabers became LSU’s all-time leading receiver with 189 catches for 3,003 yards, besting Josh Reed’s 3,001 yards. With the record books rewritten, Nabers’ time in purple and gold had come to a close.

For his spectacular 2023 season, Nabers was named a unanimous All-American and a first-team All-SEC selection. He and Reed are the only two LSU receivers to ever post back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons. Nabers caught at least 1 pass in every game as a Tiger except one (Alabama, 2021).

There was plenty of controversy when Nabers came up 1 vote short of the Biletnikoff Award, losing to Marvin Harrison Jr. Nabers’ 1,546 receiving yards led the nation at the time, besting Harrison’s 1,211. Fittingly, there was plenty of debate surrounding which would receiver go first on Thursday.

Nabers uses “@whyguard13” as his handle on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. Nabers’ college highlights, below, back up his boast of being unguardable. Now, he gets to put that claim to the test against improved competition.