Safety, West Virginia (from Jacksonville State), 2021–25
Derek Carter
- Number
- No. 13
- Height
- 5′10″
- Weight
- 185 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Birmingham, AL
Derek Carter played safety at Jacksonville State (2021–24) and West Virginia (2025).
Career highs
8tackles, career highthree times; last vs. Utah, 2025Team titles: Atlantic Sun champions, 2022; Conference USA champions, 2024
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Jacksonville State | 44 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | 31 | 21 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | West Virginia | 31 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Career | 106 | 68 | 5.5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Jacksonville State | 13 | S | Fr. | ||
| 2023 | Jacksonville State | 13 | S | So. | ||
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | 13 | S | Jr. | ||
| 2025 | West Virginia | 13 | S | Sr. | 5′10″ | 185 |
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
2025 West Virginia 9 games, 31 tackles, 1 INT
2024 Jacksonville State 11 games, 31 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs. Coastal Carolina | L 27–55 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | at Louisville | L 14–49 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | vs. Southern Miss | W 44–7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | at Kennesaw State | W 63–24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 23 | vs. Middle Tennessee | W 42–20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | at Louisiana Tech | W 44–37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | vs. Florida International | W 34–31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | vs. Sam Houston | W 21–11 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | at Western Kentucky | L 17–19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 6 | vs.Western Kentucky | W 52–12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 20 ✦ | vs. Ohio | L 27–30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2023 Jacksonville State 12 games, 44 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26 | vs. UTEP | W 17–14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2 | vs. East Tennessee State | W 49–3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | atCoastal Carolina | L 16–30 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 23 | vs. Eastern Michigan | W 21–0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | atSam Houston | W 35–28 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | atMiddle Tennessee | W 45–30 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 17 | vs.Western Kentucky | W 20–17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Oct 25 | atFlorida International | W 41–16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | at South Carolina | L 28–38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs.Louisiana Tech | W 56–17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 25 | at New Mexico State | L 17–20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 16 ✦ | vs. Louisiana | W 34–31 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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