New York Giants great Phil Simms said he would be willing to let No. 3 overall draft pick, Abdul Carter wear his retired No. 11 jersey recently.

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 ...

Abdul Carter is still on the hunt for his jersey number with the New York Giants after being turned down by Phil Simms' family to wear No. 11.

Abdul Carter has interest in wearing a retired jersey number with the New York Giants, which is No. 11 from Phil Simms.

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.

Lawrence Taylor denied Abdul Carter's request to wear No. 56. Another Giants legend in Phil Simms may have opened a path to No. 11 for the rookie ...

Abdul Carter was over the moon when he was presented with the idea of wearing Phil Simms' jersey. Shortly after Simms discussed this possibility, the pass rusher sent a five-word message on X.

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 ...

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 ...

The former Giants quarterback has offered up his retired No. 11 to Abdul Carter, challenging the rookie to be so successful that the team must retire it a second time.

The problem there is No. 11 was also retired by the Giants — in honor of Phil Simms, who won two Super Bowls with the team. Simms sounds open to letting Carter wear the number.