There was, of course, a lot of fuss about what number New York Giants rookie Abdul Carter, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, would wear.
Carter asked Lawrence Taylor if he could don the retired No. 56, and got rejected. Phil Simms broached the idea of letting Carter wear No. 11, which Carter had worn at Penn State. Simms’ wife and daughter put the kabosh on that.
Carter took the field on Friday for the first practice of rookie minicamp wearing No. 51, worn last season by Azeez Ojulari.