Over the next few months, we are going to be taking a look at a handful of draft prospects leading up to the 2024 NFL draft.
With the Chargers having needs at various positions, we will do our best to evaluate the players that we feel fit the team precisely.
Today, I take a look at LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers.
Vitals
Height: 6-0
Weight: 200
Stats
Elevator pitch
Nabers is a dynamic playmaker whose play speed, quickness, and run-after-catch ability make him a home-run threat each time he touches the ball. However, he needs to enhance his releases and get a little bit stronger to win at the catch point consistently, projecting as an immediate high-level receiving option in the NFL.
Strengths
Very good burst and explosiveness…Vertical wheels to stretch the field…Dangerous YAC skills…Lower body twitch and burst to make sudden cuts at the top of patterns…Solid running instincts and vision to be dangerous any time he touches the ball…Physicality to finish through contact as a ballcarrier, breaking tackles…Natural ball tracking and judgement skills when football is in the air…Willing blocker.
Weaknesses
Needs to sharpen his route releases and stem footwork…Average in contested situations…Can make late adjustments with his body and allow the ball to get on top of him.
Red Flags
N/A
Fit Likelihood
High
Grade
1st
Highlights
Malik Nabers' takeover speed is so terrifyingly casual pic.twitter.com/GTVoW0fnPZ
— JetPack Galileo (@JetPackGalileo) January 3, 2024
Malik Nabers has officially declared for the 2024 NFL Draft.
This WR class is stacked 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ItUESVUa2R
— Kyle Yates (@KyleYNFL) January 7, 2024
Yes, Malik Nabers and BT are incredible BUT just watch this… pic.twitter.com/RAxYTyVrYh
— Jerry || Football Guy (@garcy303) January 9, 2024
It's not just that Malik Nabers is fast.
It's that he gets up to that top speed at a rate that few other humans can match. Just unreal burst in a 6'0" 200lb frame. pic.twitter.com/A3hVp2Ekqc
— Brett Kollmann (@BrettKollmann) October 17, 2023
Malik Nabers has some speed.
Kelee Ringo ran a 4.36 40-yard dash at the combine and Nabers makes him look slow here. pic.twitter.com/cMFG4YVrgW
— Nick Penticoff (@NickPenticoff) April 17, 2023
What a speed burst by Malik Nabers. pic.twitter.com/fdXK6F2hCf
— CFBLIVE247 (@CFBLive247_) October 15, 2023
Malik Nabers wasting no time at all.
Him versus Malachi Moore in open field is a deadly speed mismatch in favor of LSU.
— Ian Cummings (@IC_Draft) November 5, 2023
