Nabers: NFL Offensive Rookie of Year bet with Daniels is off - ESPN

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The $10,000 bet between former LSU teammates Jayden Daniels and Malik Nabers for the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award is off.

Nabers, the sixth overall pick by the New York Giants, said the decision was made after learning about the NFL's gambling policy. The rookie wide receiver announced the news after his first professional practice Friday at rookie minicamp.

«I'm educated now that I got here about sports betting and gambling,» he said. «So we're calling the bet off. There is no bet now. It was just another brother pushing another brother to try to get to success. That is all it was.»

Nabers first mentioned on «The Pivot» podcast with Ryan Clark that there was a wager. Daniels, his college quarterback and the No. 2 pick by the Washington Commanders, confirmed it during an interview on the «All Facts No Brakes» podcast with Keyshawn Johnson on Wednesday.

Two days later, the bet is no more.

«We were uneducated on the gambling policy in the NFL,» Daniels said. «We learned about it last night. Me and him had a conversation and we canceled the bet. Obviously we don't want to get in trouble, so we're focused on being the best players for our respective teams.»

ESPN contacted the NFL league office this week to determine if the wager would violate its policy on gambling but did not immediately hear back. The league's policy states that NFL personnel are prohibited from «placing, soliciting or facilitating any bet, whether directly or through a third party,» on any NFL game, practice or other league event, such as the draft or combine." It includes betting on the outcome of a game, statistics, the score or individual performance and other prop bets.

The 2022 gambling policy stated that gambling