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Linebacker, North Carolina, 2007–⁠10

Bruce Carter

Number
No. 54
Height
6′3″
Hometown
Havelock, NC
Born
Feb 19, 1988, in Havelock, North Carolina

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Bruce Carter played linebacker at North Carolina (2007–⁠10). The Dallas Cowboys took Carter in round 2, No. 40 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2008*North Carolina1
2009North Carolina1
2010North Carolina1
Career3

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
2007916925200300
2008134919681151202
2009134619657.511204
2010113423573.52.51212
On file14570215248.53918

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2007North Carolina54LB
2008North Carolina54LB
2009North Carolina54LB
2010North Carolina54LB6′3″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2010 North Carolina 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 25atRutgersW 17–⁠131
2009 North Carolina 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 10vs.Georgia SouthernW 42–⁠121
2008 North Carolina 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 11atRutgersW 44–⁠121
2007 North Carolina 0 games with an interception on file, 1 return, 4 yards
DateOpponentResultInt

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2011Combine or pro day 2011
Height6′1½″
Weight241 lb
Arm length32⅝″
Hand size9¼″
Wingspan77¾″W
40-yard dash4.57 s
Bench press25 reps

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

8 seasons, 79 games with a stat; latest team: Atlanta Falcons.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2011Dallas Cowboys7800
2012Dallas Cowboys116900
2013Dallas Cowboys159120
2014Dallas Cowboys126315
2015Tampa Bay Buccaneers133920
2016New York Jets71400
2017New York Jets5600
2018Atlanta Falcons91800
NFL career7930855

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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