Abdul Carter will see a familiar face on Sunday at MetLife Stadium. The Giants rookie linebacker will share the field with Packers linebacker and fellow Penn State alum Micah Parsons.

The comparisons between the two took off during the pre-draft process. It helps that Carter wore No. 11 just like Parsons and that the two became close after Carter arrived at Penn State.

“He took me under his wing,” Carter said of Parsons, who was drafted a year before Carter’s freshman year at Penn State. “Obviously the No. 11 tradition. Just being with him, learning from him. That’s my brother.”

The reunion with Parsons might take a back seat to bigger things for Carter. With Kayvon Thibodeaux out this week, Carter is in line to make his second start of the season.

It’s a reminder that, at times, he’s

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