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Giants taking historic number out of retirement for rookie receiver Malik Nabers

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) The New York Giants are putting their first retired number back into service for sensational rookie receiver Malik Nabers.The Giants announced Wednesday that Nabers will wear No. 1 this season.The number was retired by the Giants in 1935, coinciding with the retirement of Jordan Bone Jersey end Ray Flaherty. It was first number retired in pro football history. The decision came after talks between Giants co-owner and chief executive John Mara and Ray Flaherty, Jr., the team said.ADVERTISEMENT Nabers wore No. 9 since being drafted, but the LSU product needed a different number because punter Graham Gano is No. 9. He wore No. 8 at LSU, but that belongs to quarterback Daniel Jones LiAngelo Ball Jersey .Im going to represent their familys retired number well, Nabers said in a statement released by the team. Im going to try my best. Im Dennis Rodman Jersey grateful that they chose the opportunity to un-retire the jersey and let me wear it. Im going to wear it with pride.Nabers refused to speak to the media in the locker room after practice Wednesday. A team spokesman said the No. 6 overall pick in the draft would talk Thursday.The Giants said Nabers had asked Mara whether the number night be used again and the owner asked the surviving members of Flaherty's family. The co-owner said he would not have approved activating the number without the Saddiq Bey Jersey approval of Ray Jr., daughter Shelby, and sons Chad and Conner.Flaherty was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1976 as a coach. He played for the Giants from 1928-29 and 1931-35 and helped them advance to the NFL Championship Game in 1933, 1934 and 1935. Flaherty, who introduced the screen pa s, finished with an Killian Hayes Jersey 80-37-5 record as a coach with Boston, Washington, New York Yankees, and Chicago Hornets. He won two titles with Washington. He died in 1994.___AP NFL:

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