This week at training camp, New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers contested the reported date of his second knee surgery.<\/p>\n
On May 13, a report surfaced from The Athletic’s Dan Duggan that the one-time Pro Bowl wideout underwent a clean-up procedure<\/a>. At the time, Duggan reported<\/a> that the operation took place “multiple weeks ago” and that the goal was to remove scar tissue that was causing stiffness.<\/p>\n “When I had the second surgery that everybody thought, I didn’t,” Nabers said. “So I don’t know where that’s coming from.”<\/p>\n A reporter then asked a clarifying question, inquiring if Nabers didn’t have a second surgery at all.<\/p>\n “I didn’t have it on that date,” he said. “So I don’t know when that came out, but I never had it on that date.”<\/p>\n After that, Nabers was asked if the procedure occurred earlier than that.<\/p>\n “I don’t know. I just never had it on that date,” he responded.<\/p>\n Nabers initially underwent ACL and meniscus surgery on Oct. 28. By that point, exactly one month had passed since he was carted off against the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 4 of the 2025 campaign. Leading up to the operation, the Giants waited for Nabers’ swelling to stop, and the LSU product did prehab, per ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n ACL tears typically don’t require more than a nine-month recovery.<\/p>\n