Tight end, Notre Dame, to 2007
John Carlson
- Born
- May 12, 1984, in St. Cloud, Minnesota
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John Carlson played tight end at Notre Dame (to 2007). The Seattle Seahawks took Carlson in round 2, No. 38 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
8catches, best game on filevs. North Carolina, 2006121receiving yards, best game on fileat Michigan State, 2006Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Notre Dame | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 | 12 |
| 2005 | Notre Dame | 7 | 56 | 8.0 | 1 | 22 |
| 2006 | Notre Dame | 47 | 634 | 13.5 | 4 | 62 |
| 2007 | Notre Dame | 40 | 372 | 9.3 | 3 | 41 |
| On file (2004–07) | 100 | 1,093 | 10.9 | 8 | 62 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 1 |
| 2006 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2007 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| On file | 15 | 8 | 23 | 1 | |
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.
Game by game
2007 Notre Dame 12 games, 40 catches, 372 yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Georgia Tech | L 3–33 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 12 |
| Sep 8 | at Penn State | L 10–31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sep 15 | at Michigan | L 0–38 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 7 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Michigan State | L 14–31 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Sep 29 | at Purdue | L 19–33 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 10 |
| Oct 6 | at UCLA | W 20–6 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 10 |
| Oct 13 | vs. Boston College | L 14–27 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 9 |
| Oct 20 | vs. USC | L 0–38 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 15 |
| Nov 3 | vs. Navy | L 44–46 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 16 |
| Nov 10 | vs. Air Force | L 24–41 | 4 | 57 | 1 | 28 |
| Nov 17 | vs. Duke | W 28–7 | 3 | 58 | 1 | 41 |
| Nov 24 | at Stanford | W 21–14 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 20 |
2006 Notre Dame 11 games, 47 catches, 634 yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | atGeorgia Tech | W 14–10 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 14 |
| Sep 9 | vs.Penn State | W 41–17 | 6 | 98 | 0 | 32 |
| Sep 16 | vs.Michigan | L 21–47 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 33 |
| Sep 23 | atMichigan State | W 40–37 | 4 | 121 | 1 | 62 |
| Sep 30 | vs.Purdue | W 35–21 | 5 | 62 | 0 | 25 |
| Oct 7 | vs.Stanford | W 31–10 | 6 | 38 | 1 | 11 |
| Oct 21 | vs.UCLA | W 20–17 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 26 |
| Oct 28 | atNavy | W 38–14 | 5 | 75 | 0 | 30 |
| Nov 4 | vs. North Carolina | W 45–26 | 8 | 91 | 1 | 28 |
| Nov 11 | atAir Force | W 39–17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jan 3 ✦ | vs. LSU | L 14–41 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
2005 Notre Dame 5 games, 7 catches, 56 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at Pittsburgh | W 42–21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Sep 24 | at Washington | W 36–17 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Oct 1 | atPurdue | W 49–28 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 22 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Tennessee | W 41–21 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Syracuse | W 34–10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
2004 Notre Dame 3 games, 6 catches, 31 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16 | vs.Navy | W 27–9 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 12 |
| Oct 23 | vs.Boston College | L 23–24 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| Nov 6 | atTennessee | W 17–13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2008 | Pro day 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′5⅛″ | |
| Weight | 251 lb | |
| Arm length | 34¼″ | |
| Hand size | 10⅛″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.88 s | 4.72 sW |
| 10-yard split | 1.67 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 30½″ | 35½″W |
| Broad jump | 9′5″ | |
| Bench press | 20 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.12 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.28 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
6 seasons, 83 games with a stat; latest team: Arizona Cardinals.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Seattle Seahawks | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Seattle Seahawks | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Minnesota Vikings | 9 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | – | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 83 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
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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