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Abdul Carter lacks retired numbers to choose.
The New York giants chose the very tuned Rusher Edge of Penn State with the third overall choice, and shot for the moon with his initial request for a jersey number.
Carter asked Lawrence Taylor, perhaps the greatest giant and defensive player of all time, if he could wear his n ° 56, who was removed by the Giants in 1994. It was a no of the most difficult of himself.
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Phil Simms and Abdul Carter (Imagn)
“I know he would love to wear this number,” said Taylor. “But, hey, I think it’s retired. Get another number. I don’t care if it’s double zero, then make it famous.”
The former quarter-back Phil Simms then declared that it would allow Carter to carry its n ° 11, which was removed by the Giants in 1995.
Carter carried the number throughout his career in Penn State. It is a badge of honor at school, given to a school player, and the last representative, is worthy. The previous nittany lion to wear it before Carter was Micah Parsons, who now wears it with the Dallas Cowboys.
Carter said it would be an “honor”, but the Simms family is actually that closed it.
New York sports writer Gary Myers posted on X that Simms told him that his own family “exceeded him”.
Phil Simms attends Paramount 2022 in 666 Madison avenue on May 18, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Roy Rochlin / FilmMagic)
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Hearing the news, Carter joked saying that he “would be there with just my last name on my jersey, no number”.
Last season, the team not passed to retirement Ray Flaherty n ° 1 for the large receiver Malik Nabers, who brought the number 9 to the college. The retirement of the Flaherty issue was the first in the history of professional football. The Flaherty family gave the giants the authorization not to retire the number for Nabers, who carried it well. Nabres, as a recruit, set the franchise record for most receptions of a season, with 109.
Abdul Carter, n ° 11 of the Penn Stateny Lions, famous after a bag against the Maryland terraaps during the first half at the Beaver Stadium on November 30, 2024, in State College, Pennsylvania. (Scott Taetsch / Getty Images)
The G-Men have 13 retired numbers for 14 players. (The n ° 14 is for Ward Cuff and Ya Tittle.) Warren Moon recently granted Cam Ward the permission to wear the n ° 1 with the titans of Tennessee.
