Abdul Carter was considered the best defensive player in university football last season by most observers.
Now it aims to be the best defensive recruit of the NFL.
Carter was the overall choice n ° 3 of the NFL draft by the New York giants, and it should be a force from the start.
The former out of competition of Penn State is the clear favorite to win the honors of the defensive recruit of the year of the NFL because of its talent, its production and its expected opportunities.
Jacksonville Travis Hunter Jacksonville Coin Half Hunter and Atlanta Falcons outside the second Walker Malon defender is also in the mixture. The black horses to watch include the secondary outside the Ravens of Baltimore Mike Green and the corner of the Cardinals of Arizona Will Johnson.
The giants can write the names of Carter in a felt pen at the top of their depth table, and he could be able to reach both bags this season. But even seven or eight bags should be good enough to win the award.
Last season, the outside secondary Jared pays Rams from Los Angeles fled with the vote – and he had only 4.5 bags.
Carter led the nation with 23.5 plated for the loss, including 12 bags – and also forced two escapes while winning the unanimous honors of the first All -America team. His total bags ranked seventh at the national level, and he was appointed defensive player of the Big Ten year.
Thus, you can see the defensive coordinator of the Giants Shane Brown Saliver at the idea of having Carter at the end of his defensive line.
New York now has three stellar passing runners in Kayvon Thibodeaux, Brian Burns and Carter. If nothing else, there will be room for occasional respirators for each of the three.
Anyway, Carter promises to be very productive, no matter how playing time is divided.
Hunter, the overall choice n ° 2, is a hornback of stellar cover, but the question that surrounds it is its use as a receiver.
The jaguars have not decided how Hunter will play on both sides of the ball – or if it could be concentrated more on one side than the other.
If he plays an important role in attack, he could just be a minor contributor to defense. If he mainly plays the cornerback, his number of interceptions or his passes defended would be the barometer.
The New York Jets Cornerback Sauce Gardner won the prize in 2022 with only two interceptions, but led the NFL with 20 breaks. In 2017, the corner half of the New Orleans at the time, Marshon Lattimore, had five interceptions while receiving the honor.
Walker is still raw but will receive many opportunities to help the defense of Falcons. It was the overall choice n ° 15.
The 21 -year -old played in Georgia and had 6.5 bags last season while winning the Butkus Award as the best secondary in the country.
He is able to exceed the total of last season as a recruit and recently promised to prosecute opposing quarters aggressively.
Green is certainly a black horse after being selected at the end of the second round (n ° 59 in total) by the Ravens.
He had 17 bags last season in Marshall, but his stock as the first round fell due to two allegations of sexual assault. He denied the allegations, saying that one follows from the school and the other from his stay in Virginia, where he played before transferring to Marshall for his last university season.
The Down Down the Draft Board helped him land with Baltimore, where his skills in writing passes will be welcome. This means that the opportunity to make a big impact could be on the horizon.
Johnson is talented but played in just six games last season in Michigan due to injuries. He had nine university interceptions and returned three for the affected.
He was considered a choice among the first 10 entering the 2024 season, but his stock dropped and some teams were said to have been concerned with a knee problem. The cardinals were delighted to bring it in the second round (n ° 47 in total), and it could prove to be a flight.
Return some interceptions for the affected as a recruit, and “Dark Horse” Johnson could quickly become a postman of choice in this race.
