Fear not, Giants fans, Malik Nabers has “no doubt” he’ll be ready in time to play in the season opener. 

The rookie wide receiver admitted Tuesday that he initially believed the left ankle sprain he sustained Sunday was worse than it turned out to be. 

Nabers said he was “feeling good” and “absolutely” relieved when X-rays and an MRI showed it’s “nothing too serious,” and he hopes to be back on the practice field well ahead of what would be his NFL debut in the Giants’ Week 1 game against the Vikings on Sept. 8. 

“As a football player, you’re always thinking the worst of everything if you’re not able to play,” Nabers said after doing some stretching and light jogging at the team’s practice facility. “So to hear the good news come back that it was really nothing and just was gonna take a little rehab and time, that was good to hear.” 

The Giants certainly feel the same way after drafting the potential impact player with the sixth pick of this year’s draft out of LSU. 

“He’s good. We’ll keep him down today. He’ll go out there and do stretch, but he’s good, he’ll be good,” head coach Brian Daboll said before practice. “It’s not long-term or anything like that. … He’s OK. He’ll be OK. It’s nothing serious.” 

The Giants have time to take precaution with the 21-year-old Nabers after he limped off the practice field Sunday.

That probably means holding him out of Saturday’s preseason game in Houston, but he could play in the finale against the Jets one week later. 

“It’s a game rep, so every opportunity I get, of course I want to take advantage of it, but if that’s what my coaches decide on and what I decide on, that’s what it’s gonna be,” Nabers said. “We [have been] pretty cautious just to see how I feel and make sure I’m 100 percent and can play at a high speed and at full speed. 

“I’m always trying to be 100 percent healthy when I’m out there on the field. But I always want to be available to play.” 

Another member of Nabers’ draft class, rookie running back Tyrone Tracy Jr. appeared to suffer a serious ankle injury after fumbling a kickoff during Tuesday’s practice.

But after leaving for an area hospital for further testing, he was back at the practice facilities and attending meetings. 

“I heard about it after practice. I just heard that he went down,” Nabers said before it was revealed Tracy seems to have escaped a major injury. “It’s bad for an incoming person, coming into a new team, going down to an injury. 

“I’m not sure of the injury, I just know that he went down. My prayers are gonna be out to him and I hope he has a speedy recovery so we can get him back on the field. Because he’s a pretty good back and he makes our offense better.” 

Nabers certainly is expected to do that at an even greater level as the expected No. 1 wide receiver with quarterback Daniel Jones returning from knee surgery. 

That expectation already has elevated the confident Nabers to one of the most important and popular players on the team before playing a single down in the NFL. 

“It really ain’t hit me. I take it as just football,” Nabers said. “Whether I’m this famous person or not, if I don’t do my job at the end of the day, I’m not gonna be this praised receiver like everybody’s saying. 

“It has its pros and cons, I would say. When you got a lot of attention going on, you gotta know how to handle it, know what to say and what not to say, what to do and what not to do.” 

And there is one thing he needs to do, first and foremost. 

“I always want to get back on the field, but like I said, being healthy and 100 percent is what I’m focused on right now,” Nabers said. “I can’t play out there with an ankle sprain, ankle injury, because if I’m not healthy, I’m not available to the team to help win games. I gotta make sure that I’m as healthy as possible.”