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Jamal Carter
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Carter with the Arlington Renegades in 2023
No. 22 – Arlington Renegades
Position: Safety
Personal information
Born: (1994-04-12) April 12, 1994 (age 30)
Naranja, Florida, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school: Miami Southridge
( Miami, Florida)
College: Miami (FL)
Undrafted: 2017
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:11
Pass deflections:1
Player stats at NFL.com ·  PFR

Jamal Carter (born April 12, 1994) is an American football safety for the Arlington Renegades of the United Football League (UFL). He played college football at the University of 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

Pre-draft

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]

Pre-draft measurables
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
6 ft 0+7⁄8 in
(1.85 m) 		218 lb
(99 kg) 		31 in
(0.79 m) 		9+3⁄8 in
(0.24 m)		 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] He was activated on August 18, 2020. [18] He was waived on September 5, 2020, [19] and was signed to the Falcons' practice squad the next day. [20] He was elevated to the active roster on October 5 for the team's week 4 game against the Green Bay Packers, and reverted to the practice squad after the game. [21] He was released on October 7, 2020. [22]

Arizona Cardinals

On January 20, 2021, Carter signed a reserve/futures contract with the Arizona Cardinals. [23] He was waived on August 10, 2021.

Tennessee Titans

On August 17, 2021, Carter signed with the Tennessee Titans. [24] He was waived on August 31, 2021 and re-signed to the practice squad. [25] [26] After the Titans were eliminated in the Divisional Round of the 2021 playoffs, he signed a reserve/future contract on January 24, 2022. [27] He was waived/injured on May 16, 2022 and placed on injured reserve. [28] He was released from injured reserve on June 12, 2022.

Arlington Renegades

The Arlington Renegades selected Carter in the second round of the 2023 XFL Supplemental Draft on January 1, 2023. [29] He was placed on the reserve list by the team on March 4, 2023, and activated on April 21. [30] He re-signed with the team on January 26, 2024, [31] and March 11. [32]

References

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  2. ^ 2018 Denver Broncos Media Guidedenverbroncos.com Archived December 16, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
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  7. ^ "Spotrac.com: Jamal Carter contract". Spotrac.com. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  8. ^ Mike Klis (May 23, 2017). "Jamal Carter tops Broncos' Undrafted Guaranteed Money". 9news.com. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  9. ^ Christopher Hart (July 18, 2017). "Broncos roster 2017: Orion Stewart". MileHighReport.com. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  10. ^ "Saturday's NFL roundup: Broncos cut T.J. Ward". DetroitNews.com. Associated Press. September 3, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  11. ^ Tim Lynch (September 3, 2017). "Broncos release first depth chart of regular season". www.milehighreport.com. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  12. ^ "NFL Player stats: Jamal Carter (2017)". NFL.com. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  13. ^ "Broncos sign S Shamarko Thomas, place Jamal Carter on injured reserve". DenverBroncos.com. August 13, 2018.
  14. ^ DiLalla, Aric (August 31, 2019). "Broncos make series of roster moves to reach 53-man limit". DenverBroncos.com.
  15. ^ McFadden, Will (September 2, 2019). "Falcons add two practice squad players and fullback, Ricky Ortiz waived". Atlantafalcons.com.
  16. ^ McFadden, Will (September 24, 2019). "Falcons place Keanu Neal on IR, make several roster moves". AtlantaFalcons.com.
  17. ^ McFadden, Will (July 29, 2020). "Falcons place Keith Smith and Jamal Carter on reserve/COVID-19 list". AtlantaFalcons.com. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  18. ^ McFadden, Will (August 18, 2020). "Falcons activate S Jamal Carter from reserve/COVID-19 list". AtlantaFalcons.com. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  19. ^ McFadden, Will (September 5, 2020). "Falcons 2020 roster announced". AtlantaFalcons.com.
  20. ^ RotoWire Staff (September 6, 2020). "Jamal Carter: Joins Falcons' practice squad". cbssports.com.
  21. ^ McFadden, Will (October 5, 2020). "Falcons add kicker Elliott Fry to active roster". AtlantaFalcons.com. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  22. ^ "Jamal Carter: Released by Falcons". CBSSports.com. October 7, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  23. ^ "Cardinals sign LBs Jamal Carter, Donald Rutledge to future deals". ArizonaSports.com. January 20, 2021.
  24. ^ Wyatt, Jim (August 17, 2021). "Titans Agree to Terms With Safety Jamal Carter". TennesseeTitans.com.
  25. ^ Wyatt, Jim (August 31, 2021). "Titans Trim Roster to 53 By Parting Ways With 17 Players". TennesseeTitans.com.
  26. ^ Wyatt, Jim (September 1, 2021). "Titans Add 13 Players to Team's 16-Player Practice Squad". TennesseeTitans.com. Archived from the original on August 12, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  27. ^ Wyatt, Jim (January 24, 2022). "Titans Sign 11 Players to Reserve/Futures Contracts". TennesseeTitans.com. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  28. ^ Wyatt, Jim (May 16, 2022). "Titans Sign Former Vol DB Kenneth George After Rookie Minicamp Tryout". TennesseeTitans.com.
  29. ^ "Supplemental Draft Picks 2023". XFL.com. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  30. ^ "XFL Transactions". XFL.com. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  31. ^ "UFL: Teams sign eight players, Waive two". UFLBoard.com. January 27, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  32. ^ "UFL Player Transactions, Monday March 11, 2024". UFLBoard.com. March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.

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