Talking about being dangerous after catch, his favorite routes and video games. Here are a couple:
JA: So want to take it to the field, talk about some of your on field success, especially at LSU. One of the biggest things I noticed from watching your game and watching you play is how explosive you are after the catch. You seemingly can turn a 10 yard catch into a big play at any time. How did you learned that ability? Or is it just kind of a natural, once I get the ball I’m turning into a running back with the ball in my hands, I’m trying to take it to the house.
MN: I’ll probably say when I got more comfortable with playing, my freshman year I was just so worried about you know, catching the ball and trying to stay healthy. But, you know, when I started playing more and more I started being comfortable with it. It was like second nature, like my Spidey Senses started, and being able to work a different juke move or just feel everybody around me, then it was easy to turn those ten yard routes into 30 yard explosive plays.
JA: When you watch your game from your sophomore year to your junior year, what would you say your biggest improvement was?
MN: I felt like my sophomore year, I had a lot of wasted motions going on, and I wasn’t able to make those explosive plays that I did this year. So I had a meeting with my [receivers] coach, and they told me if I want to be a first round receiver, all these little things I had to be able to do when I’m out there on the field, I had to show it, and show a different side of me. I had to be different. So they always told me this year you only get one wasted movement, you only get one move, you juke and then you go. You can’t keep juking around, you’re gonna stay in the same spot. So just having that preparation over the spring and summer, those guys staying on me and getting me to be that first round receiver. I’m happy to have those coaches in the back pushing me to try and be the best I can be.
JA: Alright, so one of the questions I’ve enjoyed asking draft prospects this year is you’re given three routes if you’re drawing up a playbook or an offense for Malik Nabers to be the best in. Give me three routes that you enjoy running the most.
MN: A box fade in the slot, a stop route from the slot, and I’ll probably say an out route from the slot. I can mix those around to make them all look the same.
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