Tyler Nubin completed second on the Giants’ protection in tackles as a rookie, an eye-opening statistic when you think about he suffered an ankle harm Dec. 8 in opposition to the Saints and missed the ultimate 4 video games.
The Giants, who made Nubin the primary security taken within the 2024 draft with the forty seventh choice, envision much more of a management function for the 24-year-old in Yr 2, now paired alongside free-agent signing Jevon Holland.
“I’m a big Nubin fan,” head coach Brian Daboll stated earlier than Thursday’s apply in East Rutherford. “Nubin is a professional. I believe he’s a really younger participant, however he’s acquired great management abilities.
“He’s very, very smart. He’s vocal, not just on the field but in the team meetings, and I think it’s good to add Holland next to him, who’s another vocal guy who’s done it for a while. The combination of those two guys since OTAs has been very encouraging for me, and I know for the defensive staff.”
Holland was signed away from the Dolphins on a three-year deal value $45.3 million, and the Giants additionally landed free-agent cornerback Paulson Adebo to fortify a revamped secondary.
“I think we definitely have a lot of similar skill sets,” Nubin stated of Holland. “Issues that he does are issues that I Iike to emulate within the recreation.
“He’s a guy that I Iooked at a lot when I was in college [at Minnesota] coming into the league.”
As a rookie, Nubin completed behind solely linebacker Micah McFadden on the Giants with 57 solo tackles and 98 mixed in his 13 begins.
“Rookie year was a lot of learning, a lot of new experiences for me, but I’m glad I got ’em,” Nubin stated. “All these experiences I can now put into my device belt, into my Rolodex of issues I can use to assist myself achieve success sooner or later.
“This year, I’m just focused on getting better every single day, and becoming a leader and leading by example. That’s really what I want to do.”
Nubin additionally has switched again to the uniform quantity he wore at Minnesota, 27, from the 31 he wore final season.
The quantity honors his late uncle, Steve King, a former defensive again at Michigan who died of a coronary heart assault at simply 41 in 2014. Nubin’s father, Rodney, additionally wore the quantity as a university participant at Central Michigan.
“I definitely want to keep this legacy going for the family,” Nubin stated. “So it’s super special to get back in this number, for sure.”
Nubin was one among two rookie starters within the secondary final season — alongside nickel again Dru Phillips, who additionally returns.
“Tyler has helped me out so much. It was almost like last year he wasn’t even a rookie,” Phillips stated. “That child is so good, he got here in and knew the playbook from Day 1.
“It was cool coming in with him because he helped me out, like I helped him out sometimes. We definitely build off each other.”
