Penn State's Abdul Carter is the No. 2 prospect on The Athletic's list of top players in the 2025 NFL Draft.
Abdul Carter is generating the kind of preseason attention as a junior that Micah Parsons might have in 2020, had he played his third season of Penn State football. Notably, Carter is earning comparisons to Parsons as well. The latest has Carter as the No. 2 overall prospect of the 2025 NFL Draft.
Carter, however, is a consensus top prospect, as analysts project him to make a seamless transition from outside linebacker to edge rusher. This is the switch Parsons would have made for his junior season at Penn State in 2020. Instead, he opted out of the COVID year and took those versatile traits to the Dallas Cowboys, where he has become one of the NFL's top defensive players.
"If his technical skill catches up with his natural talent, Carter has the impact potential to be a Parsons-like prospect in the 2025 NFL Draft," Brugler wrote.
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