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Add Abdul Carter to the list of NFL drafts of prospects called during the festivities late last week.
ESPN’s Adam Schafter reported that Carter, New York Giants’ third total election on Thursday night, got a prank call during the second choice of the draft that Jacksonville Jaguars traded from Cleveland Browns.
Prank said Carter should be taken with the other election.
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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, Left, points out New York Giants fans to Edge Rusher Abdul Carter, after Giants chose Carter with the third election during the first round of 2025 NFL Draft on Thursday, April 24, 2025 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Tork Mason/USA Today Network-Wisconsin)
“It’s unfortunate that these private numbers come to the people who make the prank calls,” Drew Rosenhaus, Carter’s agent, told ESPN. “Abdul and I knew it was BS and didn’t even tell his family about the call.”
Carter didn’t have to wait too long after prank when Giants called his name real with the next election. However, he was not the only one dealing with pranksters on draft day.
Several others had to deal with fake calls, but no more public than Shedsur Sanders.
More NFL drafts of prospects fall victim to prank calls not related to shooting watch Sanders Prank: Report
NFL announced on Wednesday that it fined Atlanta Falcons $ 250,000 and defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich $ 100,000 over the leak of Sanders’ private phone number used for draft day calls.
Ulbrich’s son, 21-year-old Jax, was in the center of Sanders ‘prank call when Falcons announced in a statement that he “inadvertently came on the draft contact phone number to shoot Sanders from an open iPad while visiting his parents’ home and wrote the number down to make a prank call later.”
New York Giant’s first round draft election, Abdul Carter, Left and Jaxson Darts, posing for photos before the start of the press conference. (Thomas Salus-Preferred Pictures)
While not Jax called Sanders, one of his friends mimicked New Orleans Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis.
Jax later issued an apology on social media and said “what I did was completely unforgivable, embarrassing and shameful.”
Apart from Sanders and Carter, Penn State’s Tyler Warren was pranked when the New York Jets were on the clock at No. 7, per. Fox Sports’ Jordan Schultz.
Associated Press also learned that Quarterback Kyle McCord, Defensive Tackle Mason Graham and the offensive tackle chase lundt all were involved in non -related prank calls.
New York Giant’s first round draft of Abdul Carter asks questions from the media during his introductory press conference. (Thomas Salus-Preferred Pictures)
NFL.com noticed how a league -memo is sent every year with the players’ phone numbers and is marked “Confidential.” They are sent to general manager, head coach and player staff for each team, and that’s all.
The report added that each owner, head coach and GM must certify that no violations were made, including “Sharing non-public information.”
