Career Highs

Receptions: 2 vs. Western Illinois, 9/8/18
Receiving Yards: 34 vs. Western Illinois, 9/8/18
Long Reception: 18 vs. Western Illinois, 9/8/18
Rec. Touchdowns: 2 vs. Western Illinois, 9/8/18
All-Purpose Yards: 34 vs. Western Illinois, 9/8/18

2019 Redshirt Freshman

• Missed the season with an injury

2018 Freshman

• Played in one game before suffering a season-ending injury and redshirting the season.
• Season-ending knee injury came against Western Illinois, the second game of the season but Carter’s first, after he caught two touchdown passes in his collegiate debut
• The two touchdown catches (of 16 yards and 18 yards) were the first two catches of his Illini career.
• Played 11 snaps in the WIU game, making two catches for 34 yards and two touchdowns
• One of seven true freshmen in the nation with two touchdowns in the first two weeks of the season

High School

• Three-star recruit by ESPN and Rivals
• Ranked No. 198 wide receiver in the nation by ESPN
• Ranked No. 222 recruit in Florida by ESPN
• Played for head coach Adam Geis at Sandalwood
• 2018 Gateway Conference Award
• Also ran track in high school
• Fourth place in state in the 110m hurdles
• Conference champion in the 110m and 300m hurdles
• 2017 Florida Times Union All-First Coast 300m Hurdles honorable mention
• Offers included Mercer, Middle Tennessee and Western Illinois

Personal

• Born Dec. 30, 1999
• Son of Edwin Carter, Jr. and Selena Bradley
• Younger brother, Tyson, and two younger sisters, Erin and Destinee
• Cousin, Kenneth Durden, played football for the New York Giants
• Picked Illinois because, "It was the best opportunity for me to help a rebuilding program as well as better myself on the field and in life."
• Majoring in community health
• Plans to coach or become an athletic trainer following his playing career
• Listed Randy Moss as his favorite athlete because, "we have similar playing styles."