Malik Nabers set an NFL record for receptions by a rookie wide receiver last season (109), also amassing 1,204 receivng yards and seven touchdowns.

Nabers was also at the top of the passing target list with 170, second only Cincinnati’s Ja’Marr Chase (175), but Nabers had the highest targets per game in the league (11.3).

Another stat Nabers where Nabers was high on the list is threat rate. which is simply ‘target rate based on the number of routes the player runs’ or the ‘highest target rates among NFL wide receivers when their quarterback faced pressure’ per Pro Football Focus.

Nabers ranked sixth with a threat rate of 19.1 percent, as per PFF. For scale, Atlanta’s Drake London ranked first at 21.1 percent.

Last year’s sixth-overall draft pick saw 41 targets with his quarterback under duress last season, the most for a rookie receiver since 2020. Nabers and Ladd McConkey were the only rookies to be targeted more than 25 times in such situations, and Nabers also tied McConkey with 24 catches. He finished with 311 receiving yards, 16 first downs and four touchdown catches.

Nabers also ranked eighth in yards after the catch (79) and yards after contact (35) and generated the fourth-best deep target rate (31.7%) in pressure situations.

Nabers missed two games with a concussion or he would have surely led the NFL in targets last season. Still, he had a complaint about his usage, especially early in games. The Giants rectified that as the season went on.

This year, there will be more mouths to feed on the Giants‘ offense and there should be better protection from the offensive line. In addition to the new faces in the quarterback room, those factors could lead to Nabers seeing a reduction in overall targets but an uptick in production.

This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: Giants’ Malik Nabers one of NFL’s most targeted safety blankets