2025 NFL Draft Prospect: ED Abdul Carter, Penn State

Patriots Football Now continues coverage of the 2025 NFL Draft until the big event in April. This includes prospect profiles, mock drafts, positional rankings, coverage of the NFL Scouting Combine, and Top 30 visits. Previous profiles have featured defensive standouts like Georgia’s Mykel Williams and Tennessee’s James Pearce Jr. This week’s spotlight shines on another college football’s top edge defenders, Penn State’s Abdul Carter.

Get to know the Nittany Lions’ star.

Elite Prep Prospect

Abdul Carter was a four-star recruit from LaSalle College High School in Wyndmoor, Pa. On3.com consensus rankings had Carter as the No. 6 prospect in Pennsylvania, No. 22 linebacker nationally, and No. 222 recruit in the country. He committed to Penn State after considering South Carolina, Ole Miss, and other top programs.

Carter joined a Penn State team that had finished 11-11 combined in two seasons before this arrival. However, the 2022 Nittany Lions recruiting class ranked No. 6 nationally. Carter joined five-star recruits QB Drew Allar, RB Nick Singleton, and DL Dani Dennis-Sutton as part of the incoming freshmen group. Over the past three seasons, Penn State has gone 32-7.

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