#3 Abdul Carter
EDGE room context
View full depth chart →Abdul Carter holds the ROLB · Starter spot in New York Giants’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:
Abdul Carter played 17 games in 2025 with a 76% snap share.
Production
2025 seasonBackground & career
Abdul Carter is a 6'3", 252-pound defensive end/linebacker from Philadelphia who plays for the New York Giants. Selected 3rd overall in the 2025 NFL Draft, Carter appeared in games as a rookie in 2025, recording 4.0 sacks. At Penn State, he played in 42 games with 35 starts over three seasons, accumulating 172 tackles, 39.5 tackles for loss, and 23.0 sacks. In 2024, his final college season, Carter was named a unanimous consensus All-American after starting all 16 games and posting 68 tackles, 23.5 tackles for loss, and 12.0 sacks, which ranked 2nd in the Big Ten.
Penn State2022 – 2024