Abdul Carter
21-Year-Old
Questionable
Injury Foot
Est. Return 6/1/2025
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Picked third overall by Giants
The Giants selected Carter (foot) in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft, third overall.
ANALYSIS
Carter (6-foot-3, 250 pounds) was widely considered a viable first overall pick, and at the third pick the former Penn State star could prove a foundational pickup for the Giants defense. Even with substantial investments made in Brian Burns and Kayvon Thibodeaux, Carter will likely force his way into a three-down role at some point his rookie year, if not immediately. Carter's 12.0 total sacks in 2024 doesn't fully capture how disruptive he was -- a better measure would be his 23.5 tackles for loss, which is a threshold rarely reached. It's possible that the Giants will consider moving Thibodeaux, if only because a talent like Carter can't stay on the bench for long. Although a stress fracture in his foot kept Carter from participating in pre-draft athletic testing, the injury won't require surgery and is considered close to a non-issue.
Carter (6-foot-3, 250 pounds) was widely considered a viable first overall pick, and at the third pick the former Penn State star could prove a foundational pickup for the Giants defense. Even with substantial investments made in Brian Burns and Kayvon Thibodeaux, Carter will likely force his way into a three-down role at some point his rookie year, if not immediately. Carter's 12.0 total sacks in 2024 doesn't fully capture how disruptive he was -- a better measure would be his 23.5 tackles for loss, which is a threshold rarely reached. It's possible that the Giants will consider moving Thibodeaux, if only because a talent like Carter can't stay on the bench for long. Although a stress fracture in his foot kept Carter from participating in pre-draft athletic testing, the injury won't require surgery and is considered close to a non-issue.
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Medical re-check goes well
Carter (foot/shoulder) underwent a medical re-check in Indianapolis on Thursday, confirming that the stress reaction in his right foot is healing and will not require surgery, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
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Not working out at pro day
Carter (shoulder/foot) will not work out at Penn State's pro day on Friday, but his agent Drew Rosenhaus said Thursday that the junior "may still do a workout for teams sometime in mid April," Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
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Won't require surgery
Though Carter isn't expected to require surgery to deal with a reported stress reaction in his right foot, he's not slated to participate in any on-field drills at the NFL Combine, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
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Dealing with foot injury
Carter (shoulder) was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his right foot following tests Wednesday and will need to decide soon whether to have surgery, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
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Feels 90 percent healthy
Carter (shoulder) said Wednesday that he feels "about 90 percent" healthy and anticipates being "really close to 100" percent in time for Penn State's pro day March 28, Eric Edholm of NFL.com reports.
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Also recipient of prank call
Carter, whom the Giants selected with the third overall pick out of Penn State in the 2025 NFL Draft, received a prank call from someone claiming to be from the Jaguars when Jacksonville was on the clock with the second overall pick, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com reports.
ANALYSIS
The standout pass rusher and his agent Drew Rosenhaus, who served as Schefter's source for the report, detected the call wasn't legitimate immediately and didn't even inform Carter's family about it at the time. The Jaguars would go on to select Colorado's Travis Hunter, whose college teammate Shedeur Sanders was the recipient of the first known prank call of this year's draft, with their pick, and Carter then received a legitimate notification from the Giants shortly thereafter that he was their pick.
The standout pass rusher and his agent Drew Rosenhaus, who served as Schefter's source for the report, detected the call wasn't legitimate immediately and didn't even inform Carter's family about it at the time. The Jaguars would go on to select Colorado's Travis Hunter, whose college teammate Shedeur Sanders was the recipient of the first known prank call of this year's draft, with their pick, and Carter then received a legitimate notification from the Giants shortly thereafter that he was their pick.