First, Lawrence Taylor declined to hand over his number 56, and after him, Carter received a no from Phil Simms’s family as well. NEWSLETTERS Emailed Daily.

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.

Carter said it would be an honor to wear No. 11. Phil Simms loving Abdul Carter’s embrace of Giants culture as rookie’s number search continues after QB’s family shuts down idea ...

New York Giants great Phil Simms was out-voted by his family and will not allow No. 11 to be unretired for rookie Abdul Carter.

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 ...

New York Giants legend Phil Simms offered his thoughts on Abdul Carter potentially asking to wear his jersey number. The Penn State Nittany Lions defensive end was selected with the No.

Abdul Carter can’t take his eye off the New York Giants’ retired jerseys. ... The problem there is No. 11 was also retired by the Giants — in honor of Phil Simms, ...

Starting with an appearance on FanDuel TV, former Giants quarterback Phil Simms opened the door on possibly allowing his retired number (11) to be worn by Carter, who had previously been spurned ...

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 ...

Abdul Carter is still searching for a New York Giants number after Phil Simms says he was "out-voted" by his family on un-retiring No. 11.

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.