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T.J.Carter
- position Defensive End
- height 6-4
- Weight 289
- class Senior
- Hometown Mableton, Ga.
- High school Whitefield Academy
Career
- Played in 50 career games with 28 starts
- Totaled 71 tackles, 12.0 TFL, 6.0 sacks, five pass breakups and 10 QB hurries
- Had a season-best 26 tackles as a senior to go along with 6.0 TFL and 2.0 sacks
- Part of a senior class who won 32 games over the last four seasons, the most wins for UK in a four-year span since 1949-52, when Paul “Bear” Bryant coached the Cats
- Helped UK advance to four consecutive bowl appearances and back-to-back bowl wins for the first time since the 2007 Music City Bowl and 2009 Liberty Bowl
- On track to graduate in May of 2020 with a degree in information communication technology and a minor in criminology
2019 – Senior
- Started in 12 of 13 games played
- Had a season-best 26 tackles, 6.0 TFL, four quarterback hurries and two sacks
- Totaled a career-high five tackles, a TFL and two QBH in the Belk Bowl win vs. Virginia Tech
- Charted a career-best two QBH in the win over Arkansas
- Missed the first half of the Miss. State game due to a targeting call in the second half against Florida
2018 – Junior
- Played in all 13 games with four starts
- Totaled 16 tackles, 2.5 TFL , four QBH and three pass breakups
- Totaled two tackles, one pass breakup and one QB hurry in the win at Florida
2017 – Sophomore
- Started in 12 of 13 games
- Totaled 18 tackles, 3.0 TFL, 3.0 sacks, 3 QBH and one PBU
- Had a career-high four tackles, including his first career sack for a loss of 11 yards vs. Tennessee
- Had a sack and a QBH in the win at Vanderbilt
- Recorded two tackles in the season opener at Southern Miss, vs. EKU and at Mississippi State
2016 – Freshman
- Saw action in 11 games
- Recorded a career-high three tackles vs. Austin Peay
High School
- Earned first-team All-South Region 6-A and first-team All-Cobb County honors as a senior playing defensive end and offensive tackle at Whitefield Academy
- Four-year letter winner and three-year starter
- Totaled 68 tackles, including 10 for loss as a senior
- Also charted six sacks and 18 quarterback hurries
- Was the Wolfpack’s sack leader as a sophomore and junior
- Named Defensive Player of the Game vs. Walker after recording six tackles for loss and a sack in addition to four pancake blocks on the offensive line as a junior
- Coached by Quinn Gray
- Chose UK over Memphis, Samford and Wyoming
Personal
- Born in Atlanta, Ga.
- Son of Jacqueline and Jerald Carter
- Major is information communication technology
T.J. Says
- One word to describe him on the field is “intense”
- His favorite movie is Star Wars
- His sports heroes are LeBron James and Reggie White
- Most people don’t know that he used to be involved in the sport of fencing
- Other than playing in the NFL, his dream job is to be a video game tester