The New York Giants drafted a linebacker. That’s not a phrase that has gotten said or typed often. The question now about Lorenzo Carter, the Giants’ third-round pick out of Georgia, is what type of linebacker is he going to be?
Likely Carter will be a “linebacker” in name only. He’s projected to be an edge rusher who happens to stand up on the outside, a position important to the defensive scheme of coordinator James Bettcher. Carter has been billed as nothing but an edge rusher despite his lack of production at the college level. During his four seasons at Georgia, Carter complied 14 sacks and 21.