The New York Giants spent Wednesday sorting through mixed signals on wide receiver Malik Nabers, whose availability has been hard to pin down since he returned from a torn ACL.

The 2024 first-round pick missed the final 13 games of the 2025 season, and his first weeks back have already produced more questions than answers.

The Giants are 3-1 and alone atop the NFC East for the first time since 2015, but the health of their star receiver remains an open issue.

During the portion of practice open to reporters, Nabers left the field and sat in the rehab area while teammates ran individual drills.

The Athletic’s Dan Duggan wrote that Nabers “went and sat in the rehab section during individual drills and had a conversation with head trainer Adam Bennett.”

Nabers eventually stood, Duggan reported, and “repeatedly raised and planted his right foot into the ground.” He put his helmet back on as the viewing window closed, so it was unclear how much work he got in afterward. A few hours later, he told Duggan he was “sore” and that he had done as much as he could.

Head coach John Harbaugh sounded no more settled than the reporters asking him.

Asked how Nabers was doing after sitting out parts of practice, Harbaugh said, “How’s he doing? Great spirits. Great work day today.”

Pressed on whether the receiver had actually practiced, he looked at his watch and said, “The injury report is coming out … in 40 minutes.”

Told that Nabers had described himself as more sore than usual and said he had tried to do what he could, Harbaugh answered, “I’ll take him at his word, then.”

The official Wednesday report later listed Nabers as a non-participant with a knee injury.

The uncertainty is not new. Before the Week 1 game against the Dallas Cowboys, ESPN’s Adam Schefter said Nabers’ status was “murky at best” and that the Giants “have not gotten clarity from Nabers, who has said he is leaving whether or not he plays to God, and he wants God to guide him if he will go tonight against the Cowboys.”

Harbaugh took a more direct route in pregame drills, tackling Nabers on the hunch that the receiver was reluctant to absorb a hit on the surgically repaired knee. Nabers played and caught six passes for 69 yards in the upset win.

He has since had a breakout outing in Week 4, which only makes Wednesday’s limited work more consequential as the Giants try to keep their division lead.