Abdul Carter

Abdul Carter grew up in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and attended La Salle College High School. As a senior, he made 78 tackles with 10 tackles for a loss. Carter was rated a four-star recruit and committed to play college football at Penn State over offers from South Carolina and Ole Miss. Following the end of his senior season, he played in the prestigious Big 33 Football Classic. Carter's Penn State career got off to a precarious start when he was ejected in his collegiate debut against Purdue for targeting. He started the season as a reserve but became the starter at outside linebacker in Penn State's seventh game and had a tremendous campaign, collecting 56 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, a team-leading 6.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, and four passes broken up and was named second-team All-Big Ten Conference. Carter started all 13 games in his sophomore season at linebacker and tallied 48 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, one forced fumble and one interception. Entering the 2024 season it was announced that Carter was going to be moved from outside linebacker to defensive end.