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Giants WR Malik Nabers a Finalist for 2024 AP Offensive Rookie of the Year

The postseason honors keep coming for the Giants' 2024 first-round draft pick.
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New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers (1) celebrates with his teammates after scoring a touchdown during a game between New York Giants and Indianapolis Colts at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024.
New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers (1) celebrates with his teammates after scoring a touchdown during a game between New York Giants and Indianapolis Colts at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. | Julian Leshay Guadalupe/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

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New York Giants rookie receiver Malik Nabers has been named one of five finalists for the annual Associated Press NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award.

Nabers joins tight end Brock Bowers (Raiders), quarterback Jayden Daniels (Commanders), quarterback Bo Nix (Broncos), and receiver Brian Thomas, Jr. (Jaguars) for the award, which will be presented during the annual NFL Honors show on February 6 in New Orleans, the site of this year’s Super Bowl.

Nabers is also a nominee for the 2024 Pepsi Zero Sugar NFL Rookie of the Year award. His competition for that award is the same players as for the AP award, plus Bucs running back Bucky Irving.

Should Nabers, who recorded the first of what will hopefully be many 1,000-yard receiving efforts in his first NFL season, win the AP award, he would become the third Giant to do so within the last decade, joining receiver Odell Beckham, Jr. (2014) and running back Saquon Barkley (2018).

Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor is the only Giants defender to win the AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award, doing so in 1981.  

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Patricia Traina
PATRICIA TRAINA

Patricia Traina has covered the New York Giants for 30+ seasons, and her work has appeared in multiple media outlets, including The Athletic, Forbes, Bleacher Report, and the Sports Illustrated media group. As a credentialed New York Giants press corps member, Patricia has also covered five Super Bowls (three featuring the Giants), the annual NFL draft, and the NFL Scouting Combine. She is the author of The Big 50: The Men and Moments that Made the New York Giants. In addition to her work with New York Giants On SI, Patricia hosts the Locked On Giants podcast. Patricia is also a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and the Football Writers Association of America.

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