Giants select Abdul Carter with 3rd pick in 2025 NFL Draft

The New York Giants person selected Penn State borderline rusher Abdul Carter with the 3rd wide prime successful the 2025 NFL Draft. 

New York has gone backmost and distant successful the rumor mill with the large question: Will they prime a quarterback? 

The aforesaid happening astir past season, but it was yet Malik Nabers astatine fig six overall. After different mediocre season, the Giants were positioned to instrumentality different imaginable generational talent, and they didn't walk up connected the Nittany Lions product. 

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Nov 30, 2024; University Park, Pennsylvania, USA;  Penn State Nittany Lions antiaircraft extremity Abdul Carter (11) reacts aft sacking Maryland Terrapins backmost MJ Morris (not pictured) during the archetypal 4th astatine Beaver Stadium. (Matthew O'Haren-Imagn Images)

Carter is the statement apical antiaircraft enactment prospect, with galore believing helium tin emulate what Micah Parsons has fixed the Dallas Cowboys since he's entered the league. 

After all, Carter wore No. 11 astatine Penn State conscionable arsenic Parsons did. 

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Carter was the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, a Bednarik Award finalist, and a first-team All-American aft starring the federation successful tackles for nonaccomplishment with 23.5 connected the season. He racked up 12 sacks implicit 16 games with 68 tackles and 4 passes defended. 

The athleticism, explosivness disconnected the enactment of scrimmage and knack to beryllium successful the close spot astatine the close clip to get the backmost to the crushed is thing the Giants could surely payment from successful 2025 and beyond. 

Penn State antiaircraft lineman Abdul Carter speaks to reporters during the school's NFL shot pro day, Friday, March 28, 2025, successful State College, Pa.  (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

There is, however, a question regarding Carter's wellness aft suffering a accent absorption successful his foot. But helium had a affirmative aesculapian update precocious erstwhile an exam showed it is healing and helium doesn't necessitate surgery.

Carter volition squad up with 2 of the league’s apical defenders, borderline rusher Brian Burns and antiaircraft tackle Dexter Lawrence. 

Kayvon Thibodeaux, who the Giants took successful the archetypal circular successful 2022, is besides a portion of this stacked antiaircraft line. 

Also, Carter is simply a Philadelphia autochthonal who grew up a die-hard Eagles fan. However, that comes to an extremity present that they are his NFC East rival, a squad coming disconnected a Super Bowl triumph implicit the Kansas City Chiefs who the Giants volition spot doubly a year. 

Penn State Nittany Lions antiaircraft extremity Abdul Carter (11) celebrates with the Heisman airs aft defeating the Boise State Broncos successful the Fiesta Bowl astatine State Farm Stadium.  (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images)

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The Giants mightiness not beryllium done successful the archetypal circular either. Trade rumors person swirled astir GM Joe Schoen and his beforehand office, arsenic they could inactive usage a backmost of the aboriginal contempt signing veterans Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston successful escaped agency. 

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