Malik Nabers takes the field at Giants training camp in a tantalizing glimpse

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va.— On Day 1, Malik Nabers was out there.Give the Giants their first victory of training camp, 2026.

Get texts from Paul Schwartz with all the latest Giants news and insights, exclusive to Sports+ subscribers.The star wide receiver was out there, and everyone noticed.“I mean it’s Leek,’’ quarterback Jaxson Dart said Wednesday.

“That’s it.Every time he’s on the field everybody knows where he’s at.’’Where Nabers was at provided a jolt of positivity for an offense, a team and fan base breathlessly waiting for him to return to the form he put on display as a rookie in 2024, a showing that justified his lofty standing as the No.

6 overall pick in the NFL Draft that year.He played in only four games last season before going down and out with a torn right anterior cruciate ligament, a significant injury made more serious with the addition of a partially torn right lateral meniscus.It is too soon to declare Nabers fully back because he is not.

Not yet, anyway.He was able to avoid the physically unable to perform list heading into training camp and that was encouraging.

On the first day of practice at The Greenbrier, Nabers was out there with his teammates during the individual receiver drills and also worked with the offense during “on air’’ periods, when no players on defense were on the field.He took his steps, made his cuts, planted his foot in the ground to change directions and made his catches.

Then he went inside while the rest of the team proceeded with the more strenuous parts of practice.“It was great,’’ head coach John Harbaugh said.“You saw him.

He’s got a process going.I thought he looked good.’’For now, looking good will suffice.General manager Joe Schoen said Nabers reported earlier than the majority of the team and that he was able to run and cut in the days leading up to camp.

There will be no rushing the process.If Nabers feels good, physical goals will be added each day.

If he...