Giants Rookie Abdul Carter Settles On Jersey Number After Lawrence Taylor, Phil Simms Fiasco

If Abdul Carter's jersey number selections were a batting average, he would beryllium successful nan Hall of Fame. 

At slightest he tin now build a Hall of Fame resume connected a number that could spell down successful New York Giants lore.

After getting unopen down to wearing some Lawrence Taylor's No. 56 and Phil Simms' No. 11, Carter, nan 3rd wide prime of nan draft, has settled connected No. 51.

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Penn State protect extremity Abdul Carter, right, poses pinch NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell aft being selected 3rd wide by nan New York Giants during nan first information of nan 2025 NFL Draft astatine Lambeau Field connected April 24, 2025 successful Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Mark Hoffman / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

The Giants announced that Carter will deterioration nan number for rookie minicamp (Jaxson Dart was fixed No. 6, and Cam Skattebo No. 44), but nan numbers are taxable to change.

Carter asked Taylor, possibly nan top Giant and protect subordinate ever, whether he could deterioration his No. 56, which was retired by nan Giants successful 1994. It was a difficult nary from LT himself.

Later on, Simms said he would let Carter to deterioration his No. 11, which was retired by nan Giants successful 1995. Carter wore nan number passim his profession astatine Penn State, a badge of grant astatine nan school. It is fixed to a subordinate nan university, and nan past representative, feels is worthy. The erstwhile Nittany Lion to deterioration it earlier Carter was Micah Parsons, who wears it now pinch nan Dallas Cowboys.

However, that petition was ultimately unopen down by Simms' family aft a lengthy, fiery statement among nan members of nan household.

Upon proceeding nan news, Carter joked that he would "be retired location pinch conscionable my past sanction connected my jersey, nary number." But, he'll beryllium astatine minicamp pinch a number that apt has ne'er moreover been considered being retired.

New York Giants first information draught pick, Abdul Carter, takes questions from nan media during his preamble property conference. (Thomas Salus-Imagn Images)

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No. 51 was worn past play by separator rusher Azeez Ojulari, who is now pinch nan Philadelphia Eagles. It was first seen connected a Giant successful 1946 by Chet Gladchuk. 

The astir notable Giant to deterioration nan number is Zak DeOssie, a two-time Super Bowl champion agelong snapper who wore it from 2004 to 2017.

Last season, nan squad unretired Ray Flaherty’s No. 1 for wide receiver Malik Nabers, who wore No. 9 passim college. Flaherty's number status was nan first successful master shot history. Flaherty’s family gave nan Giants support to unretire nan number for Nabers, who wore it well. Nabers, arsenic a rookie, group nan franchise grounds for astir receptions successful a season, pinch 109. 

New York Giants first-round draught picks, Abdul Carter, left, and Jaxson Dart, airs for photos anterior to nan commencement of nan property conference. (Thomas Salus-Imagn Images)

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The G-Men person 13 retired numbers for 14 players. (The No. 14 is for Ward Cuff and Y.A. Tittle.) Warren Moon precocious granted Cam Ward support to deterioration No. 1 pinch nan Tennessee Titans.

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