Top prospect Abdul Carter posts picture of Giants great Lawrence Taylor as NFL Draft looms

The 2025 NFL Draft is little than 2 weeks away, and 1 of this year's apical prospects dropped a hint astir which squad helium hopes to onshore with.

Former Penn State walk rusher Abdul Carter is wide projected to beryllium 1 of the archetypal players disconnected the committee April 25, and the New York Giants person the 3rd wide pick. 

Carter added to speculation that helium hopes to deterioration a bluish azygous successful his rookie play by sharing an representation of Giants large Lawrence Taylor connected societal media.

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Penn State antiaircraft lineman Abdul Carter during the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine astatine the Indiana Convention Center.  (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

The photograph of the Hall of Fame linebacker connected Carter's X relationship Friday was accompanied by the quote, "Once a Giant, ever a Giant." Late Giants proprietor Wellington Mara has been credited with coining the phrase.

This week's sojourn is not the archetypal clip Carter has interacted with the Giants. The prima borderline rusher besides had meal with Giants caput manager Brian Daboll earlier this month, according to aggregate reports.

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Taylor was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame successful 1999. He played for the Giants for the entirety of his storied 13-year vocation and is wide considered to beryllium 1 of the champion players to ever deterioration a Giants uniform.

Former New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor connected the tract earlier a crippled betwixt the Giants and the Washington Commanders astatine MetLife Stadium.  (Vincent Carchietta/Imagn Images)

Taylor's 132½ sacks fertile 2nd connected the Giants' all-time list. The 9½ sacks helium had during his rookie play successful 1981 aren't included successful the full due to the fact that sacks weren't considered an authoritative statistic astatine the time.

Carter racked up 23 sacks during his 3 seasons with the Nittany Lions and received Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year honors aft a beardown 2024 campaign.

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

Carter battled done a enarthrosis wounded during the College Football Playoff. It was besides precocious revealed helium is dealing with a accent absorption successful his foot. However, it remains improbable Carter volition request to acquisition country to code the issue, ESPN reported.

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If Carter ends up with the Giants, helium would articulation a antiaircraft enactment that already features Brian Burns, Kayvon Thibodeaux and Dexter Lawrence.

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