Ray Flaherty’s family gives the OK for Malik Nabers to wear retired No. 1

Giants receiver Malik neighbors has a new number he will become the first Giants player to wear number one since Hall of Famer Ray flairty who became the first professional football player to have his number retired in 1935 thank you to the flairty family for allowing me to wear number one for the New York Giants neighbors said in a statement released through the team I understand the responsibility and I will do everything in my power to honor the flairty family in this organization I will wear the number with great pride can't wait for the season to start neighbors wore number8 at LSU but Daniel Jones has that number with the Giants he initially picked number nine and war that in training camp in the preseason but neighbors wanted a different singled digigit number and co-owner John Mara contacted Ray flarey Jr for permission to bring number one out of retirement the first round draft pick talked to flairty Jr before Wednesday's practice Steve Ser of the New York Post reports after thinking about it a little bit my feeling was we would allow that only if the flairty family was okay with it Mara told sir B I think it's very gracious on their part and Malik understands that that comes with a certain responsibility and how he needs to conduct himself and represent the organization and the flirty family he's been great about it he immediately called them to thank them flairty Jr told sir be the number will return to being retired once neighbor's career is done with the Giants