Anthony Carter
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Receiver, Michigan, 1979–⁠82

Anthony Carter

Lettered 1979–⁠82 (school media guide)

Born
Sep 17, 1960, in Riviera Beach, Florida

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Anthony Carter played receiver at Michigan (1979–⁠82). He finished fourth in the 1982 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 1981 and 1982. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001.

At a glance

Best season
1982
Consensus All-American, Big Ten Player of the Year and 2 more
Heisman vote
4th
In the 1982 vote

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 1980 and 1982

All-America: consensus 1981 and 1982; AP first team 1980; Sporting News 1980; NEA second team 1980

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonTeamReceivingRushing
RecYdsAvgTDAttYdsAvgTD
1979171746227.274174.30
1980515181816.01410686.80
1981505095219.0812675.61
1982434384419.6810616.10
Career1613,07637362131

From the college statistics table in Carter’s Wikipedia article (Anthony Carter (American football), CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
1983–⁠84USFLMichigan Panthers
1985USFLOakland Invaders

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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