Coastal Carolina University Athletics

2021 (Super Senior)

• Team Captain
• One of only two players in Sun Belt history to be a five-time all-conference honoree
• Earned a spot on the 2021 All-Sun Belt third team
• A 2021 Phil Steele Sun Belt Conference All-Conference second-team selection
• Awarded the Iron Chant Award
• Ended his career by making 61 consecutive starts on the offensive line and did not miss a game for five years (2017-2021)
• Played in and started all 13 games on the season at right guard
• Posted a team-high 25 knockdown blocks on the season
• Was the top-graded offensive lineman in six games on the year
• Was the highest-graded lineman at 95 percent in the season-opening win over The Citadel (Sept. 2), picking up one knockdown over 43 offensive snaps
• Graded out at 97 percent while playing 63 snaps in the home win over Kansas (Sept. 10)
• Played all 62 snaps and recorded three knockdown blocks in the road win at Buffalo (Sept. 18)
• Had a season-high four knockdown blocks in wins over UMass (Sept. 25), at Arkansas State (Oct. 7), and against Troy (Oct. 28), grading out at over 90 percent in each contest
• Lined up at right guard for all 55 snaps in the SBC game at Appalachian State (Oct. 20)
• Added one pancake block in road games at App State and Georgia Southern (Nov.6)
• Also had one knockdown in home games versus Georgia State (Nov. 13) and Texas State (Nov. 20)
• Graded out at 94 percent over 78 snaps in the home loss to Georgia State
• Was graded at 93 percent over all 76 snaps in the win over the Bobcats on Senior Day
• Also played all 75 snaps in the road win at South Alabama (Nov. 26) and all 58 offensive plays in the 2021 Tailgreeter Cure Bowl win over Northern Illinois (Dec. 17)
• Named to the 2021 Outland Trophy Preseason watch list
• A 2021 Preseason All-Sun Belt second-team selection
• Was named to the 2021 Phil Steele Preseason SBC All-Conference first team
• Named to the 2021 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt first team
• Named a 2021 Pro Football Focus (PFF) College Football Preseason All-Sun Belt honorable mention
• A 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District (District 4) first-team selection
• Named to the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2021 fall semester

2020 (Redshirt Senior)

• Named to the 2020 Phil Steele SBC All-Conference first team
• Earned a spot on the 2020 All-Sun Belt first team
• A team captain
• Played in and started at right guard in all 12 games on the season
• Has played in and started 48-straight games dating back to the 2017 season
• A key member of the offensive line that was a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award which is presented annually to the nation's top offensive line unit
• Helped to pave the way for a top-20 rushing and scoring offense on the season
• Played every snap at right guard in wins over Kansas (Sept. 12), at then-No. 21 Louisiana (Oct. 14), versus Georgia Southern (Oct. 24), against South Alabama (Nov. 7), versus Appalachian State (Nov. 21), against then-No. 8 BYU (Dec. 5), at Troy (Dec. 12), and in the FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl versus No. 23 Liberty (Dec. 26)
• Rated as the top offensive lineman in eight of the 12 games for the Chants
• Totaled a team-high 36 pancake blocks on the season
• Had a season-high eight pancake blocks and graded out at 92 percent in the road win at Troy
• Recorded five knockdowns and graded out at 91 percent in the home win over Arkansas State
• Tallied four knockdowns in the home win over No. 8 BYU and three against then-No. 21 Louisiana, South Alabama, Appalachian State, and Texas State
• The Chanticleers' offense ranked first in the Sun Belt in scoring (37.2 ppg), second in total yards on the season (5,398), third in total yards per game (449.8), third in rushing (218.3 ypg), and fifth in passing (231.5 ypg)
• The offense was also first in the conference and among the nation's leaders in third-down conversion percentage (52.3), fourth-down conversion percentage (76.5), and average time of possession per game (33:50)
• 2020 Phil Steele Preseason Sun Belt Conference All-Conference fourth team
• 2020 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt second team
• Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for both the 2020 fall and 2021 spring semesters

2019 (Redshirt Junior)

• 2019 Phil Steele Sun Belt Conference All-Conference third team pick
• 2019 All-Sun Belt third team honoree
• Voted one of four team captains for the 2019 season
• Played in and started all 36 games over the first three years of his playing career
• Played in and started all 12 games upfront for CCU this season 
• Lined up both at the center and right guard positions this season for the CCU offense which recorded over 400 yards of total offense five times, including a season-high 636 yards in the road win at UMass (Sept. 21)
• Graded out as the top offensive lineman for CCU in 11 of the 12 games
• Recorded a team-high 14 knockdowns in the road win at Kansas (Sept. 7), the Chants' first-ever win over a Power 5 opponent
• Also had 12 knockdown blocks in the home win over Troy (Nov. 2) and 11 more in the road contest at Arkansas State (Nov. 16)
• Behind Carter and the offensive line unit, the Chants were 23-for-29 (79.3 percent) on fourth-down attempts which was the second-best percentage both nationally and in the Sun Belt
• The 23 fourth-down conversions were tied for the third-most nationally behind only Army and Navy with 26
• Named to the 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District 4 first team
• Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2020 spring semester
• 2019 Rimington Trophy watch list member
• 2019 Phil Steele Preseason Sun Belt All-Conference fourth team
• 2019 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt fourth team

2018 (Redshirt Sophomore)

• Named All-Sun Belt honorable mention
• Played in and started all 12 games at center for the Chants
• Part of the offensive unit up front that led the CCU rushing attack to rank fourth in the Sun Belt and 41st nationally with an average of 198.7 rushing yards per game
• Helped lead the way for the Chants' offense to total 574 offensive yards in the win at Campbell (Sept. 12), the most for a CCU offense in a single game since 2015
• Graded out as the top offensive lineman in 10 of the 12 games on the season
• Recorded a season-high 15 takedown blocks in the road win at UMass (Oct. 20)
• Also totaled 14 knockdown blocks in the road win at Louisiana (Sept. 22) and the following week on the road at Troy (Sept. 29)
• Posted 13 knockdown blocks at home versus ULM (Oct. 13) and 12 against Georgia Southern (Nov. 17)
• A member of the President’s List (4.0 GPA) in the fall of 2018 and the Dean’s List (3.5 GPA or higher) in spring 2019
• Received Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List recognition for posting at least a 3.5 GPA for the 2018-19 academic year
• A member of the Team Leadership Council for 2018

2017 (Redshirt Freshman)

• Honorable mention All-Sun Belt
• Started all 12 games at right guard
• Led the team with 69 knockdown blocks (second-most on the team for 2017 was 45)
• Was the  team's top-graded offensive lineman six times in 12 games, including the UMass (Sept. 2), UAB (Sept. 16), Texas State (Oct. 29), Troy (Nov. 11), Idaho (Nov. 18), and Georgia Southern (Dec. 2) games
• Served as a game captain for the Appalachian State (Oct. 21) contest
• Tallied 12 knockdown blocks at ULM (Sept. 30) alone and had nine at Arkansas (Nov. 4)
• In his collegiate debut versus UMass, logged eight of the team's 18 knockdown blocks
• Recipient of the team’s Strength & Conditioning Offensive Athlete of the Year award
• Earned President’s List (4.0 GPA) honors for the fall of 2017 and Dean’s List (3.5 GPA or higher) recognition for the spring of 2018
• Received Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List recognition for posting at least a 3.5 GPA for the 2017-18 academic year

2016 (Freshman)

• Redshirted
• Named Chant Squad Offensive MVP for the week of the Florida A&M game
• Earned Dean’s List (3.25 GPA or higher) honors in the fall of 2016 and spring of 2017
• Received Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List recognition for posting at least a 3.5 GPA for the 2016-17 academic year

High School

• A three-time Alabama Independent School Association (AISA) All-State selection at Monroe Academy
• Won the AISA Lineman of the Year Award as a senior and was a finalist for the honor as both a junior and sophomore
• Selected to play in the 2015 AISA East-West All-Star game and was named the Best Offensive Lineman for the West squad