Malik Nabers injury: New update emerges on Giants WR’s status for Sunday vs. Eagles

New York Giants rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers is getting closer to returning to action after suffering an injury last month. According to ESPN’s Jordan Raanan, Nabers, who is dealing with a concussion, will be a full participant at practice on Thursday. He will then meet with an independent neurologist if things go well to see if he’s cleared to play.

Nabers suffered the injury during the Sept. 26 game against the Dallas Cowboys. He has been in NFL concussion protocol since the injury but practiced for the first time on Wednesday.

“Malik has made progress,” Giants head coach Brian Daboll said, per the team’s official website. “Good progress where he’s able to come out here today and practice. He’ll have a red jersey on, but he passed some of the steps that he needed to do. He’s better, which is a good thing. So, we’ll see. We’ll go through today. I’m optimistic, but I’m not going to push anything. That type of injury you want to be smart with. But he is doing much better, and it’ll be good to have him out here at practice today.”

Nabers, who was selected by the Giants No. 6 overall in this year’s draft, had a strong start to his rookie season before the injury. The former LSU Tigers star caught 35 passes for 386 yards and four touchdowns.

During the offseason, Daboll revealed how he would instill confidence in Malik Nabers. “I’d say the biggest thing is just to try to teach him how we do things,” Daboll said. “Teach him the system to let him feel confident when he goes out there.”

“Again, we’ve put in just a few plays, we’ve been going through phase two and [will] probably put in over two-three hundred plays from the start of phase one all the way to phase three,” Daboll explained. “So what you don’t want is you don’t want players — to give them so much where they’re not able to use their full athletic ability.”