Phil Simms' #11 will not be coming out of retirement for first-round pick Abdul Carter, who wore 11 at Penn State. Simms said on a podcast he would be okay with it but he told me tonight he was ...

Abdul Carter's request to wear Lawrence Taylor's No. 56 jersey was rebuffed. Phil Simms' No. 11 jersey won't be available for the rookie either.

First, Lawrence Taylor declined to hand over his number 56, and after him, Carter received a no from Phil Simms’s family as well. NEWSLETTERS Emailed Daily.

Giants’ top draft pick Abdul Carter won’t wear Phil Simms’ No. 11. A rookie entering the NFL asking to wear a franchise legend’s retired number before even taking a single snap at the pro ...

Phil Simms and Lawrence Taylor retired together, and now the two Giants greats are together again at the center of rookie Abdul Carter’s jersey number selection process. After Taylor ...

Phil Simms was set to allow Abdul Carter wear his No. 11 jersey, until it became a family issue with his wife and daughter. "She said 'I thought you were going to be on my side, how dare you.

Abdul Carter holds his jersey after being picked in the first round by the New York Giants during the 2025 NFL Draft. Tannen Maury/UPI/Shutterstock Phil Simms and Lawrence Taylor retired together ...

Like Lawrence’s No. 56, the Giants retired the number in honor of Super Bowl-winning quarterback Phil Simms. But unlike Lawrence, Simms was initially open to unretiring his number for Carter .

Abdul Carter has now suffered back-to-back setbacks in his pursuit of wearing retired New York Giants numbers. First, Lawrence Taylor The post Phil Simms was willing to unretire No. 11 for Abdul ...