#11

Abdul Carter

Former defensive end at Penn State. 2024: 12 sacks, 23.5 tackles for loss, 62 tackles.

DE · Penn State · Jr. · #11

6′3″ · 259 lb · Philadelphia, PA

CFB Index 94 · #6 of 426 edge rushersMedium confidenceConsensus AANew York — drafted 2025, Rd 1, Pick 3, #3 overall

Recruiting

4★

LB recruit

No. 287 nationally · Signed with Penn State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at Penn State. 2024: 12 sacks, 23.5 tackles for loss, 62 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Penn State in 2022.
Drafted round 1 by the New York in 2025.
Named All-America (AFCA) in 2024.

His career, year by year

Career, closed

Gone at #3 overall.

How it ended

Three seasons at Penn State, 23 sacks, a Consensus All-American season (2024) — drafted at #3 overall by New York.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

202211 games

Signed with Penn State4-star out of La Salle College
All-Big Tensecond

202313 games

All-Big Tenfirst

202414 games

All-Big Tenfirst
All-America13 selectors
Big Ten Nagurski–Woodson Defensive Player of the Yearwinner
Big Ten Smith–Brown Defensive Lineman of the Yearwinner

2025

Drafted by New Yorkround 1, pick 3

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#287 national

CFB

College

Penn State

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #3

New York · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

18 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2024)

11 first-team selectors

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ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

1 coach

2022–2024

James Franklin

Penn State

Played his entire career under James Franklin.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New YorkEntering 2nd NFL season

#3Rd 1 · Pick 3

New YorkEntering 2nd NFL season

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2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under James Franklin, all run-leaning offenses — 34-8 over that span.

2022Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2023Penn State10-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2024Penn State13-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

94All-America level #6 of 426?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (100th percentile). Strength: sacks (100th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#1 / 2892 · 100th pct

23.5

Sacks#7 / 2892 · 100th pct

12.0

QB hurries#22 / 2892 · 99th pct

Solo tackles#240 / 2892 · 91st pct

Tackles#343 / 2892 · 88th pct

Passes defended#327 / 2892 · 86th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home9g	5.0	2.2	1.2	0.3
Road5g	3.4	0.7	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	4.4	1.7	0.8	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	4.5	1.7	1.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

94 · #6 of 426 edge rushers

Former four-star. Now #6 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2024

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Penn State	62	39	23.5	12.0	4	--	--
2023	Penn State	49	26	5.5	4.5	5	1	--
2022	Penn State	55	35	10.5	6.5	4	--	--
Career		166	100	39.5	23.0	13	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 17 · 2024

W 38–10

vs SMU

3 SOLO · 1 SACKS · 2 TFL

Dominant 28-point win at home against SMU.

With N. Singleton — 90 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD · D. Allar — 127 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 56.3 · 10 rush yds (7 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 34-12@ West Virginia	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 34-27vs Bowling Green	7	5	1.0	0.0	—	1	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 4	W 56-0vs Kent State	4	2	1.5	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 21-7vs Illinois	7	4	4.0	2.0	—	1	2 sacks
Wk 6	W 27-11vs UCLA	3	2	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 33-30@ USC	5	1	1.5	1.0	—	1
Wk 9	W 28-13@ Wisconsin	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 13-20vs Ohio State	4	2	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 11	W 35-6vs Washington	6	5	4.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 12	W 49-10@ Purdue	5	5	2.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 26-25@ Minnesota	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 44-7vs Maryland	6	3	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Bowl	W 38-10vs SMU	3	3	2.0	1.0	—	0
Bowl	L 24-27vs Notre Dame	5	3	2.0	1.0	—	1
Total		62	39	23.5	12.0	—	4

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology