The Giants’ Malik Nabers injury scare appears to have been just that — and nothing worse. 

Nabers wasn’t listed on the final injury report after being a full participant in practice Friday, and head coach Brian Daboll said the rookie wideout — whose knee soreness Thursday prompted the concern — will play Sunday against the Commanders. Nabers, the No. 6 overall pick in April, caught five passes for 66 yards during the Giants’ season-opening loss and has quickly emerged as the offense’s most dynamic piece in the post-Saquon Barkley era. 

“No concern,” Daboll said. “He’ll be ready to play.” 

So after a 24-hour window when the touchdown-less Giants needing to operate without two of their top wideouts Sunday became a plausible scenario, they’re now poised to enter — at least on paper — healthy.

Wideout Darius Slayton (concussion protocol) was cleared to practice with contact Friday and was “trending in the right direction,” Daboll said, and the Giants listed him as a full participant, too. 

The more significant variable, though, revolved around Nabers.

He told the Giants that something didn’t feel right in his knee, so they looked at him — he didn’t need any imaging — and gave him treatment again Friday morning. 

It won’t be the first time Nabers has shaken off an injury to play in the next game, either.

Perhaps the first prominent glimpse of that materialized during the third game of the 2023 college season with LSU, when he injured his shoulder while getting tackled against Mississippi State.

An ESPN sideline report described him as “writhing in pain.”

But Nabers returned and finished with career-bests in receptions (13) and yards (239) while adding a pair of touchdowns, and he didn’t miss a game the rest of the year. 

“Talking to the [LSU] trainers and the medical staff, this guy didn’t miss,” Giants general manager Joe Schoen said after the draft. “Whatever it is, he’s going to fight through it. He’s tough, doesn’t miss games, doesn’t miss practice. If he can play, he’s going to play.

“That’s the way this kid is wired.” 

Then, in his debut camp after the Giants made him their first-round pick, Nabers hurt his ankle during a practice, missed two sessions but then somehow returned for their next preseason game against the Texans — when he caught four passes for 54 yards.

There was certainly a scare when a key part of the offensive nucleus limped off. The absences that followed only added to it. 

And he led all of the Giants’ wideouts in catches days later. 

“He’s been out here every day,” wide receivers coach Mike Groh said Friday of Nabers’ durability. “He’s been able to do everything we’ve asked him to do. He’s handled a lot. He’s had a lot of reps, so he’s been able to handle everything we’ve asked him to do.”