Linebacker, TCU, 2007–11
Tank Carder
- Number
- No. 43
- Height
- 6′3″
- Hometown
- Sweeny, TX
- Born
- Jan 18, 1989, in Sweeny, Texas
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Tank Carder played linebacker at TCU (2007–11). The Buffalo Bills took Carder in round 5, No. 147 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Team titles: Mountain West champions, 2009, 2010 and 2011
All-America: AFCA 2010; AP second team 2010; AP third team 2011; ESPN 2010
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. 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
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008N | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – |
| 2009 | 13 | 51 | 38 | 89 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 13 | 38 | 23 | 61 | 9.5 | 3.5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 13 | 45 | 25 | 70 | 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| On file | 138 | 91 | 229 | 25 | 5.5 | – | 19 | – | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
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
2011 TCU 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | vs. Portland State | W 55–13 | 1 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Colorado State | W 34–10 | 1 |
2010 TCU 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16 | vs. BYU | W 31–3 | 1 |
2009 TCU 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14 | vs. Utah | W 55–28 | 1 |
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
Played in the 2012 East–West Shrine Game (West team, won 24–17).
| Drill | Combine 2012 | Combine or pro day 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2⅜″ | |
| Weight | 236 lb | |
| Arm length | 31½″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅛″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.69 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.62 s | |
| Vertical jump | 34½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′1″ | |
| Bench press | 19 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.89 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.18 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
5 seasons, 35 games with a stat; latest team: Cleveland Browns.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Cleveland Browns | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Cleveland Browns | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Cleveland Browns | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Cleveland Browns | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Cleveland Browns | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 35 | 52 | 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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