The 2025 NFL Draft is less than two weeks away, and one of this year's top prospects dropped a hint about which team he hopes to land with.
Former Penn State pass rusher Abdul Carter is widely projected to be one of the first players off the board April 25, and the New York Giants have the third overall pick.
Carter added to speculation that he hopes to wear a blue uniform in his rookie season by sharing an image of Giants great Lawrence Taylor on social media.
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The photo of the Hall of Fame linebacker on Carter's X account Friday was accompanied by the quote, "Once a Giant, always a Giant." Late Giants owner Wellington Mara has been credited with coining the phrase.
This week's visit is not the first time Carter has interacted with the Giants. The star edge rusher also had breakfast with Giants head coach Brian Daboll earlier this month, according to multiple reports.
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Taylor was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1999. He played for the Giants for the entirety of his storied 13-year career and is widely considered to be one of the best players to ever wear a Giants uniform.
Taylor's 132½ sacks rank second on the Giants' all-time list. The 9½ sacks he had during his rookie season in 1981 aren't included in the total because sacks weren't considered an official statistic at the time.
Carter racked up 23 sacks during his three seasons with the Nittany Lions and received Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year honors after a strong 2024 campaign.
Carter battled through a shoulder injury during the College Football Playoff. It was also recently revealed he is dealing with a stress reaction in his foot. However, it remains unlikely Carter will need to undergo surgery to address the issue, ESPN reported.
If Carter ends up with the Giants, he would join a defensive line that already features Brian Burns, Kayvon Thibodeaux and Dexter Lawrence.
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This weekend at Augusta National looks like it will be one for the ages.
The leaderboard is stacked with golfers who have combined for 10 major championships all within three shots of each other at the top, and the players at even par (eight shots back) or better have a combined 24 major wins.
Fifty-four players made the cut Friday, and the playing has been superb. The cut line was a mere 10 strokes back of the lead. It's a long shot for those guys, but they're not out of it.
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It has the attention of President Donald Trump, an avid golfer.
Fox News Digital's Paulina Dedaj was on Air Force One with the president Friday and asked Trump who he'd "like to see win the Masters."
He's apparently rooting for everybody.
"They're all friends of mine. They have some great ones. Scottie Scheffler's great. Bryson [DeChambeau] is great. Justin Rose, they're all friends of mine," he said.
"It's going to be a very good Masters. Looks like it's going to be a very good Masters. Some fantastic golfers at the top."
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He's right. Justin Rose's 8-under leads the pack, while DeChambeau is a stroke back. McIlroy is two shots behind the leader along with Corey Conners.
Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Shane Lowry and Matt McCarty are all sitting at 5-under par. Other big names within striking distance include Viktor Hovland and Jason Day at 4-under; Ludvig Aberg, Hideki Matsuyama, Patrick Reed and Collin Morikawa at 3-under; and Xander Schauffele, Tommy Fleetwood and Brian Harman six back at 2-under.
Major champions at 1-under or even include Bubba Watson, Justin Thomas, Matt Fitzpatrick and Wyndham Clark.
A win for Scheffler would make him the first back-to-back winner at Augusta since Tiger Woods in 2001 and 2002. Meanwhile, McIlroy is making his 11th attempt to complete the career grand slam and is still eyeing the long-coveted green jacket.
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The Masters is where the best hope to bring their A-game, but it doesn't always happen.
This year's leaderboard is stacked with players with a combined 10 major wins inside the top five, including two-time winner and reigning champion Scottie Scheffler.
As with every golf tournament, though, there are some big names that did not advance to the weekend.
Here are some players headed home early from Augusta.
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Cabrera, the 2009 green jacket winner, was back at Augusta for the first time since 2019 after serving time in prison for assault and intimidation. He was asked by reporters if he "deserved" to be playing in this year’s Masters given his time spent in jail for his crimes. All winners have a lifetime exemption into the tournament.
His response?
"Why not?"
He was 11-over in his two rounds, tied for the second-worst score.
The 2020 Masters winner’s weekend ended in heartbreak. Johnson was 1-over going into 18, but a costly double bogey sent him below the cut line. It’s his second straight missed cut at Augusta. In 2023, he finished tied in 48th. His best finish since winning was tie for 12th in 2022.
Koepka attacked the majors in 2023, finishing tied for second at Augusta and winning the PGA Championship. Last year was the opposite, and this week at Augusta was a continuation. Like his LIV mate Johnson, Koepka was in line to play the weekend, being even-par through the 16th, but after bogeying 17 and a quadruple-bogey on 18, his tournament score rocketed to 5-over.
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Fans are still waiting for Zalatoris to make the jump, but it didn’t happen this week. Zalatoris opened the day 2-over and parred his first 10 holes, but he bogeyed 11 and double-bogeyed 12 and 15, all but putting him out of the race. His week ends 8-over.
After tying for fifth at the Genesis, Finau has played some weak golf, not finishing inside the Top 30 in any of his last five tournaments. He grinded and got below the cut line at one point but was unable to hang on.
Henley was a sleeper by many to make a run at a green jacket (including us). But, from the jump, he struggled. An 8-over 80 put him in desperation mode Friday, and while he went 5-under for a 67 Friday, his 3-over for the tournament wasn’t enough.
Mickelson’s double-bogey on the par-5 15th dropped him below the cut line. He then bogeyed 16 and 18 to fall well short. He shocked the world with a second-place tie two years ago after an awesome final round, but he has been unable to find that same magic since.
