The overall choice of potential n ° 1 in the draft of the NFL and the star of Penn State Abdul Carter has a stress reaction in his right foot, according to several reports.
The stress fracture was revealed during tests at the NFL combination, and the injury may require surgery.
However, after other analyzes on Carter’s right foot, doctors told the Star defender that surgery was not recommended, according to ESPN.
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Penn State Abdul Carter (DL44 )’s defensive line player during the NFL 2025 scout combination in the Indiana Convention Center. (Kirby Lee-Imagn images)
“I could not be more confident than it will be a non-factor where he is drafted,” Carter agent said Drew Rosenhaus via ESPN on Thursday.
“He will make a show during his professional day.”
Carter, before the discovery of the stress reaction, was not going to operate in the NFL combination due to a shoulder injury. He played this condition in the defeat of Penn State against Notre Dame in Orange Bowl.
The star defender was recently authorized to resume training. Carter’s shoulder injury will not prevent him from performing at a “very high level” during his professional day on March 28, said Rosenhaus.
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Notre-Dame Fighting Irish The quarter-Arrière Riley Leonard (13) directs the ball, under pressure by the defender of Penn Stateny Lions Abdul Carter (11) in the second half of the Orange Bowl at the Hard Rock stadium. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn images)
Carter was the best defensive Big Ten player in 2024 with 68 plated, 23.5 plated for the loss and 12 bags last season.
During his career, Carter has 39.5 plated for the loss, 23 bags and 14 defended passes.
The 21 -year -old is likely to go to the first choices of the NFL draft, but Carter thinks he should the first choice.
“I feel like I am the best player in the country, and the best player should be chosen first,” Carter said on Wednesday by talking to journalists. “It was the work I put with my father, who formed me, and all the sacrifices I made, I know that I am the best.”
If he is the winner of the Heisman Trophy, Travis Hunter and the two best quarters of the class, Sheder Sanders and Cam Ward, Carter would only be the fourth defensive player to go n ° 1 in total since 2007.
The defensive winger of Penn Stateny Lions Abdul Carter (11) famous with the Heisman pose after having defeated the Broncos Boisse in the Fiesta Bowl at the State Farm Stadium. (Images of Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn)
Jadeveon Clowney in 2014, Myles Garrett in 2017 and Travon Walker in 2022 are the three defenders to have been selected with the superior choice since 2007. Each has been chosen mainly because of their capacity to draft passes.
“Defensive players have an impact on the game as much as a quarter,” said Carter. “All the teams that won the Super Bowls, they have this one player out of competition. I feel like I was that.”
Only time will tell us if the titans of Tennessee, who have the choice n ° 1, will use the upper selection on Carter on weekends.
