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Inside the Numbers: Rookies Malik Nabers, Tyrone Tracy Jr. lead the way

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Malik Nabers and Tyrone Tracy have established themselves as one of the most prolific rookie tandems in Giants history.

Nabers, the wide receiver selected sixth in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft, leads the Giants with 80 catches, 819 yards and three touchdown receptions. Tracy is first on the team with 141 rushing attempts, 664 yards and five scores, including the Giants' only touchdown in a 14-11 loss Sunday to the New Orleans Saints.

The Giants are the first NFL team to have rookies lead in all those statistical categories since…the Giants, in 2014, when the players were Odell Beckham, Jr. and Andre Williams.

Ten years ago, Beckham - like Nabers, a first-round draft choice from LSU – topped the Giants with 91 catches for 1,305 yards and 12 touchdowns, all franchise rookie records. And he posted those numbers despite missing the first four games with a hamstring injury.

That season, Andre Williams, a fourth-round draft choice from Boston College, had team-leading totals of 217 carries, 721 yards and seven rushing touchdowns.

Before 2014, the last season in which rookies led the Giants in rushing and receiving yards in a full season was in 1950, when Eddie Price ran for 703 yards and Bob McChesney had 380 receiving yards.

*The 2024 Giants are the first team to have a rookie lead them in rushing yards and receiving yards since the 2022 Jets (Breece Hall and Garrett Wilson) and 2022 Atlanta Falcons (Tyler Allgeier and Drake London).

*Including his 216 receiving yards, Tracy leads the team and is fourth among NFL rookies with 880 scrimmage yards. Nabers, who has two rushing yards, is fifth among league newcomers with 821 scrimmage yards. The Giants are the only NFL team with rookies leading in rushing and receiving touchdowns and the only team with rookies first and second in yards from scrimmage.

NFL Rookies Scrimmage Yards

  • Bucky Irving (Tampa Bay) 1,035
  • Brock Bowers (Las Vegas) 947
  • Brian Thomas (Jacksonville) 881
  • Tyrone Tracy (Giants) 880
  • Malik Nabers (Giants) 821

*Tracy has played all 13 games and averages 67.7 yards from scrimmage. Nabers is averaging 74.6 yards in 11 games. They are the first rookie tandem in Giants history in which each player averages at least 65 scrimmage yards in 10+ games. The last NFL team with two rookies averaging at least 65 yards in 10 or more games was the 2006 New Orleans Saints, who featured wide receiver Marques Colston (74.1-yard average in 14 games) and running back Reggie Bush (81.7-yard average in 16 games).

*This is the first season since 2014 the Giants have two rookies with more than 800 scrimmage yards. Tracy and Nabers have combined for 1,701 yards. The franchise combined rookie record is 2,191 in 2014 by Beckham (1,340) and Williams (851).

*Nabers' 80 receptions are the highest total in NFL history by a player in his first 11 career games. It is also the third-highest total in a player's first 12 games, the number Nabers will reach Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens in MetLife Stadium.

Most Receptions in a Player's First 12 Career Games

  • Odell Beckham, Jr. 91
  • Brock Bowers 84
  • Malik Nabers 80 (through 11 games)
  • Puka Nacua 77
  • Jaylen Waddle 77

*Nabers' 80 catches place him third on the Giants' rookie list. Beckham (2014) and Saquon Barkley (2018) share the record with 91 receptions.

Most Receptions/Giants Rookie

  • Odell Beckham Jr. (2014) 91
  • Saquon Barkley (2018) 91
  • Malik Nabers (2024) 80

*This is the ninth season in Giants' history in which a player has at least 80 receptions. Beckham did it a team-record three times, Victor Cruz twice, and Steve Smith (franchise record 107 in 2009), Barkley, Amani Toomer and Nabers once each.

*Wan'Dale Robinson is second behind Nabers with 67 catches. The Giants are the only team this season with two players with 67+ receptions.

*Nabers' 79 receiving yards against the Saints increased his season total to 819. That broke a tie with teammate Darius Slayton, vaulted him over Hakeem Nicks (790 in 2009) and Bobby Johnson (795 in 1984) and into third place on the Giants' rookie list. Beckham is first with 1,305 yards and tight end Jeremy Shockey is second with 894 in 2002.

In 2023, the Giants were one of four teams that did not have an 800-yard receiver. Slayton gained a team high 770 yards.

View photos of the Giants' 2024 rookie class in their first NFL season.

*Despite Nabers' production, the Giants' have an NFL-low eight passing touchdowns this season. New England and Jacksonville are tied for the second-lowest total with 13. The Giants' lowest total in a season since the 1970 merger was six touchdown passes in 1977. Their fewest passing touchdowns since the 2002 realignment was 12 in 2004 (Eli Manning's rookie season) and 2020.

*Tracy's 45 rushing yards on Sunday increased his total to 664. That moved him past Tucker Frederickson, the first selection in the 1965 draft, and into sixth place on the franchise's rookie list. Price (703 in 1950), Williams (721 in 2014) and Ron Dayne (770 in 2000) are immediately ahead of him. Barkley owns the rookie record with 1,307 in 2018.

*Tracy is the fourth Giants rookie with five rushing touchdowns in an eight-game span, joining Brandon Jacobs in 2005, Williams and Barkley.

*More rookies: Safety Tyler Nubin leads all rookies with 97 tackles. That is the highest total by a Giants' first-year player since Landon Collins had a Giants rookie record 112 stops in 2015.

*Maybe it's MetLife Stadium: Tre Hawkins intercepted a Derek Carr pass on Sunday, the Giants' first pick in 12 games. The Giants are tied with the Jets with an NFL-low two interceptions. The Giants have gained one yard on their two picks, the Jets zero.

*After Dexter Lawrence and Bobby Okereke missed the New Orleans game with injuries, the Giants' longest starting streak is shared by the five players who have started all 13 games this season: defensive end Brian Burns, Nubin, and offensive linemen Jon Runyan, Jr, John Michael Schmitz and Greg Van Roten. Runyan injured his ankle against the Saints, prompting coach Brian Daboll to say he is, "week-to-week, maybe more than week-to-week."

*Graham Gano's field goals against the Saints increased his points total in five Giants seasons to 401. He is the seventh player to score at least 400 points in a Giants uniform

*With Dallas' loss to Cincinnati Monday night, the NFC East will not have a repeat champion for the 20th consecutive season. The last team to do it was Philadelphia, which won four straight division titles from 2001-04.

*The Giants today made changes in their secondary and on their practice squad.

*Cornerback Tre Hawkins, who intercepted Carr for the Giants' first pick since opening day, was placed on injured reserve with a back injury. With just four games remaining, he is ineligible to return this season. To replace Hawkins on the roster, the Giants signed cornerback Greg Stroman off their practice squad.

A second-year pro, Hawkins played in three games this season. On Sunday, he made his first start of the year and had six tackles (four solo). He concluded his season with 10 tackles and his interception.

Stroman joined the practice squad on Oct. 1 after previously playing 29 games for Washington and Chicago. He was elevated from the practice squad for the maximum three games this season, at Pittsburgh on Oct. 28, at Dallas on Thanksgiving, and Sunday. Stroman has four solo tackles.

The Giants also added four players to their practice squad: quarterback Tim Boyle, who was released on Saturday, two weeks after he was signed; defensive tackle Ross Blacklock, who played in 44 games with three starts for Houston, Minnesota, Jacksonville, and Tennessee from 2020-23; cornerback Ekow Boye-Doe, who played in six games for the 2023 Kansas City Chiefs, and cornerback Azizi Hearn, who has never played in an NFL regular-season game.

The Giants also designated center Jimmy Morrissey as practice squad/injured.

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