Giants' John Harbaugh believes Abdul Carter could become next NFL DPOY originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The New York Giants are a fairly young team, but this does not mean that they do not have big aspirations. Coach John Harbaugh clearly wants guys like Jaxson Dart and Cam Skattebo to experience a semblance of getting close to a Super Bowl victory. While they all have this shared dream, some players are aiming for legacy-building accolades. Abdul Carter is one of those young guns, and he is aiming to usurp JJ Watt in a certain NFL DPOY record.
Abdul Carter is set on winning the NFL Defensive Player of the Year at some point in his career. The Giants linebacker already put up impressive numbers to finish fifth in the AP Defensive Rookie of the Year voting in 2025, but this was clearly not enough for him.
Coach John Harbaugh is seeing how driven his sophomore linebacker is when it comes to his pursuit of greatness. This is why the Giants head coach believes that his sophomore linebacker can pull off this legendary feat, via Grant Gordon of NFL.com.
"I didn't know him as well because, honestly, in the draft, it wasn't a guy we were really looking at because we weren't going to have a chance to draft him. And so, I didn't know him at all. Then, I started talking to him and liked him right away and the things he had said that he wanted to do. I would say this, I'd say everything he's spoken of in terms of what he wants to accomplish and his plans to do so, he's following through on," the Giants head coach declared.
#carter #sporting
The New York Giants are a fairly young team, but this does not mean that they do not have big aspirations. Coach John Harbaugh clearly wants guys like Jaxson Dart and Cam Skattebo to experience a semblance of getting close to a Super Bowl victory. While they all have this shared dream, some players are aiming for legacy-building accolades. Abdul Carter is one of those young guns, and he is aiming to usurp JJ Watt in a certain NFL DPOY record.
Abdul Carter is set on winning the NFL Defensive Player of the Year at some point in his career. The Giants linebacker already put up impressive numbers to finish fifth in the AP Defensive Rookie of the Year voting in 2025, but this was clearly not enough for him.
Coach John Harbaugh is seeing how driven his sophomore linebacker is when it comes to his pursuit of greatness. This is why the Giants head coach believes that his sophomore linebacker can pull off this legendary feat, via Grant Gordon of NFL.com.
"I didn't know him as well because, honestly, in the draft, it wasn't a guy we were really looking at because we weren't going to have a chance to draft him. And so, I didn't know him at all. Then, I started talking to him and liked him right away and the things he had said that he wanted to do. I would say this, I'd say everything he's spoken of in terms of what he wants to accomplish and his plans to do so, he's following through on," the Giants head coach declared.
#carter #sporting
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