LB · New York Giants · #3
Abdul Carter
ROLB1Questionable · Calfwk 6 report- College
- Penn State
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 252 lb
- Experience
- 2nd season
Tackles
18▼ 23 vs '25
85th of 123 LBs
Stops
15▼ 17 vs '25
73rd of 123 LBs
Yards per run tackle
1.5
9th of 123 LBs
Missed tackle rate
5.3%▲ 0.8 vs '25
41st of 123 LBs
Coverage
2 targets
100.0 cmp% · 8.5 y/tgt · 0 int
Ranks compare against the 123 qualifying linebackers on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Tackles by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 vs DALW | 53 | 91.4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 @ LAL | 55 | 88.7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 vs TENW | 58 | 96.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 4 vs ARIW | 64 | 97.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 @ WAST | 54 | 87.1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 6 vs NOL | 47 | 65.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 @ HOUW | 57 | 93.4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 388 | 88.0 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 100.0 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 |
How he compares
2026 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
Rookie deal · signed 2025 with Giants
$45.3Mover 4 years
- Avg. per year
- $11.3M
- Guaranteed
- $45.3M 100%
- 2026 cap hit
- $10.3M 3.4% of the cap
- Signed
- 2025
- Runs through
- 2028
2025
2026 · now
2027
2028
Year 2 of 4
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 7 | 388 | 88.0 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 102.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 17 | 843 | 75.6 | 41 | 32 | 7 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 23 | 34 | 3 | 109.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career | 24 | 1,231 | 79.1 | 59 | 47 | 9 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 30 | 44 | 5 | 118.8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |