Rob Gronkowski is floored at Abdul Carter’s daring request.
The previous Penn State go rusher, whom the Giants took No. 3 total within the 2025 NFL Draft, was in pursuit of Corridor of Famer Lawrence Taylor’s No. 56 jersey to put on for his rookie season.
The daring ask rubbed Gronkowski the fallacious method.
“Was he serious asking for LT’s number?” the four-time Tremendous Bowl champ stated on a current episode of the “Dudes on Dudes” podcast he hosts with former Patriots teammate Julian Edelman. “Yeah you were a high draft pick but LT is an absolute legend. The best to do it. One of the best defenders of all time. Like you gotta prove yourself. That’s crazy just asking for LT’s number. And I’m glad that LT shut him down like that.”
Gronkowski is referring to Taylor telling The Put up’s Steve Serby that Carter ought to use a distinct quantity.
“I know he would love to wear that number, but hey, I think it’s retired,” Taylor stated. “Get another number, I don’t care if it’s double zero, and then make it famous.”
“That was such an LT response. Go make your own freaking number kid,” Edelman continued on the podcast. “Can we read the room? And it’s not even the room, it’s the football galaxy. The fact that he even asked, that’s crazy to me. Maybe he’ll go make another one. And people say oh the [No.] 11, the 11 thing. But they give everyone 11 at Penn State but no one ever puts on the 56.”
Carter didn’t take the rejection too onerous.
“The worst thing he could say was NO!! My stance don’t change, LT is the [goat emoji] nothing but respect…,” Carter tweeted a day following Taylor’s choice. “This just gonna make me work even harder!! I love it.”
Carter wore No. 11 at Penn State, the identical quantity worn by former Nittany Lions linebackers LaVar Arrington and Micah Parsons.
The Giants’ No. 11 initially wasn’t out there since it’s retired for former Tremendous Bowl-winning quarterback Phil Simms, however the former Big later stated he was open to the thought of un-retiring his quantity for Carter or the workforce’s different first-round decide, Jaxson Dart.
“I told some of my friends and people around me, ‘I’d let him have it in a second. Can you just help it a little or make it better?’” Simms quipped on FanDuel TV. “I think it would be a lot of fun. It wouldn’t bother me.”
Carter jumped on the alternative, posting on X “It would be an HONOR,” whereas tagging Simms with the horns hand emoji.
Nevertheless, Simms’ household outvoted him and his quantity will stay retired.
“Damn at this point imma be out there with just my last name on my jersey, no number Jkjk, It’s all Love. Just wanna play Football!” Carter wrote on X with three crying laughing emojis.
Only a 12 months after the Giants un-retired No. 1 for Malik Nabers following Ray Flaherty’s household’s approval, Carter is hanging out in his personal quest.
