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Malik Nabers Injury: Star Giants WR Carted Off After Painful-Looking Knee Injury
The Giants kicked off a new era on Sunday with rookie first-round quarterback Jaxson Dart making his debut as the starter. But things went terribly wrong for another young New York star in the first half.
Exciting young wideout Malik Nabers went down with a knee injury late in the first half against the Chargers. Dart threw a deep ball to Nabers down the sideline in single coverage and the star receiver appeared to get hurt as he leaped for the ball. Nabers was down in visible pain for a while before he was carted off.
Malik Nabers down holding his right knee pic.twitter.com/VCrWUW9q1o
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) September 28, 2025
It's an awful twist of fate for the Giants and Nabers. The sixth pick in the 2024 NFL draft, Nabers recorded a 1,000-yard season as a rookie despite a carousel of quarterbacks in New York. There was strong potential for Nabers to take an even bigger leap as a sophomore with Dart's talented arm under center.
Hopefully the injury isn't as bad as it looks. Prior to exiting Nabers caught two passes for 20 yards and helped the Giants to a 10-3 lead over the visiting Chargers.
Malik Nabers Injury Update
Shortly after Nabers was carted off the Giants officially ruled him out for the game with a knee injury.
INJURY UPDATE: WR Malik Nabers has been ruled out with a knee injury
— New York Giants (@Giants) September 28, 2025
Around the same time, NFL insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported Nabers is believed to have torn his ACL. Should that prove true, it's an absolutely awful development for New York and Nabers will be done for the season.
#Giants WR Nalik Nabers is believed to have torn his ACL, per me and @TomPelissero. A crushing blow. pic.twitter.com/slPInvH5QC
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 28, 2025
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Liam McKeone is a senior writer for the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in the industry as a content creator since 2017, and prior to joining SI in May 2024, McKeone worked for NBC Sports Boston and The Big Lead. In addition to his work as a writer, he has hosted the Press Pass Podcast covering sports media and The Big Stream covering pop culture. A graduate of Fordham University, he is always up for a good debate and enjoys loudly arguing about sports, rap music, books and video games. McKeone has been a member of the National Sports Media Association since 2020.