Jamal Carter
| No. 35 – Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Safety | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | April 12, 1994 Naranja, Florida | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Miami Southridge (Miami, Florida) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Miami (FL) | ||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2017 | ||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Reserve/COVID-19 | ||||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of 2018 | |||||||||||||
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Jamal Carter (born April 12, 1994) is an American football safety for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Miami.
Early years
Carter played high school football at Miami Southridge High School in Miami, Florida. He recorded 73 tackles and 1 interception his senior year in 2012.[1]
College career
Carter played for the Miami Hurricanes of the University of Miami from 2013 to 2016.[1] Carter played in 50 games (15 starts) at the University of Miami, totaling 165 tackles (96 solo), two interceptions and 10 passes defensed. He opened 12-of-13 games played as a senior, leading the team with 85 tackles (53 solo) in addition to posting three passes defensed. Carter appeared in 12 games (1 start) as a junior, recording 49 tackles (23 solo), one interception, three passes defensed and one forced fumble. He played 13 games (2 starts) as a sophomore and finished with 26 tackles (15 solo), one interception and six passes defensed.[2]
Professional career
Carter was rated the 22nd best strong safety in the 2017 NFL Draft by NFLDraftScout.com.[3] Lance Zierlein of NFL.com predicted that he would go undrafted and be a priority free agent, stating "Carter is a classic height, weight, speed player who is more project than prospect at this point".[4]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft 0+7⁄8 in (1.85 m) |
218 lb (99 kg) |
31 in (0.79 m) |
93⁄8 | 4.64 s | 1.61 s | 2.71 s | 4.35 s | 7.17 s | 35 in (0.89 m) |
10 ft 2 in (3.10 m) |
19 reps | |
| 20‑ss and 3‑cone from Miami Pro Day, all others from NFL Combine[3][4] | ||||||||||||
Denver Broncos
2017 season
On May 11, 2017, the Denver Broncos signed Carter as an undrafted free agent to a three-year, $1.67 million contract that includes $20,000 guaranteed and a signing bonus of $10,000.[5][6][7] The $20,000 guaranteed the Broncos' agreed to pay Carter was the most guaranteed money the Broncos gave to their undrafted free agent signings in 2017.[8]
Throughout training camp, Carter competed for a roster spot against Orion Stewart, Dymonte Thomas, and Dante Barnett, who were also safeties signed as undrafted free agents, for a roster spot.[9] He was expected to land on the practice squad with the four spots on the active roster dedicated to safeties already filled. Starting strong safety T. J. Ward missed part of training camp and the entire preseason after tearing his hamstring and was subsequently released. Carter led the Broncos with 19 combined tackles in the preseason and head coach Vance Joseph named him the backup strong safety behind Justin Simmons to start the regular season.[10][11] Carter became the 13th undrafted Bronco in 14 seasons to make the first 53-man roster.
He made his professional regular season debut during the Broncos' season-opening 24-21 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers. In Week 3, Carter recorded his first career tackles during a 26-16 loss at the Buffalo Bills. He made the first tackle of his career on wide receiver Brandon Tate who returned a kick 23-yards in the third quarter. Carter received increased snaps on defense beginning in Week 15 after starting strong safety Justin Simmons was placed on injured reserve with a high ankle sprain. On December 14, 2017, Carter recorded a season-high three solo tackles in the Broncos' 25-13 victory at the Indianapolis Colts. He finished his rookie season with 11 combined tackles (nine solo) and one pass deflection in 16 games and zero starts.[12]
2018 season
On August 13, 2018, Carter was placed on injured reserve after suffering a torn hamstring.[13]
2019 season
On August 31, 2019, Carter was waived by the Broncos.[14]
Atlanta Falcons
On September 2, 2019, Carter was signed to the Atlanta Falcons practice squad.[15] He was promoted to the active roster on September 24, 2019.[16]
Carter was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the Falcons on July 29, 2020.[17]
References
- ^ a b "JAMAL CARTER, SR". hurricanesports.com. Archived from the original on October 15, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
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- ^ a b "Jamal Carter". nfldraftscout.com. Archived from the original on October 15, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "Jamal Carter". nfl.com. Archived from the original on October 15, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Transactions". DenverBroncos.com. Archived from the original on October 15, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Mason, Andrew (May 13, 2017). "Broncos announce college free-agent signings". DenverBroncos.com. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
- ^ "Spotrac.com: Jamal Carter contract". Spotrac.com. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ Mike Klis (May 23, 2017). "Jamal Carter tops Broncos' Undrafted Guaranteed Money". 9news.com. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ Christopher Hart (July 18, 2017). "Broncos roster 2017: Orion Stewart". MileHighReport.com. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ Associate Press (September 3, 2017). "Saturday's NFL roundup: Broncos cut T.J. Ward". DetroitNews.com. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ Tim Lynch (September 3, 2017). "Broncos release first depth chart of regular season". www.milehighreport.com. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ "NFL Player stats: Jamal Carter (2017)". NFL.com. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ "Broncos sign S Shamarko Thomas, place Jamal Carter on injured reserve". DenverBroncos.com. August 13, 2018.
- ^ DiLalla, Aric (August 31, 2019). "Broncos make series of roster moves to reach 53-man limit". DenverBroncos.com.
- ^ McFadden, Will (September 2, 2019). "Falcons add two practice squad players and fullback, Ricky Ortiz waived". Atlantafalcons.com.
- ^ McFadden, Will (September 24, 2019). "Falcons place Keanu Neal on IR, make several roster moves". AtlantaFalcons.com.
- ^ McFadden, Will (July 29, 2020). "Falcons place Keith Smith and Jamal Carter on reserve/COVID-19 list". AtlantaFalcons.com. Retrieved July 29, 2020.