Just minutes after the New York Giants selected Penn State pass rusher Abdul Carter with the No. 3 overall pick, general manager Joe Schoen announced that Kayvon Thibodeaux would be sticking around too.

The most recent happened Thursday night, when he picked Abdul Carter third overall in the 2025 NFL Draft. Last offseason, Schoen traded for (and paid big money to) Brian Burns. And three years ago, in his first Giants draft, Schoen selected Kayvon Thibodeaux at No. 5.

New York picking up Thibodeaux's fifth-year option comes after an NFL executive told The Athletic's Jeff Howe that the Giants could trade the edge-rusher for a third-round pick if they select Carter in this year's draft. The Giants selected Thibodeaux out of the University of Oregon with the fifth overall pick in the 2022 NFL draft.