Player Dossier

2009-2011

TCU

Tank Carder

LB • 6'3" • Sweeny, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Tank Carder shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

63

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · TCU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
TCU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah

Player Story

Tank Carder built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a linebacker from Sweeny, TX wearing No. 43, spending time with TCU. The clearest part of Tank Carder's career was his defensive production: 4...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2007 · Rating 0.7667

Sweeny · Brownsville, TX

Committed To
TCU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2007

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2012
Selection
Round 5 · Pick 12
Overall
No. 147
NFL Team
Buffalo Bills

Tank Carder, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · TCU. Tank Carder shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
3
Tank Carder TCU Highlights video thumbnail

Featured Highlight

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Tank Carder TCU Highlights

2011 · TCU · Player Highlight

Tank Carder college highlights at TCU.

Season
2011
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Tank Carder quick answers

Latest team and position
TCU · LB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 4 games
Best season
2011 Regular Season · TCU
Top game
Utah
Recruit profile
2-star · Sweeny · TCU
High school pipeline
Sweeny · 2 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2012 · Round 5 · Pick 12 · Buffalo Bills
Latest roster
No. 43 · Class 2011

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonTCU10-0--156.7
2010 Regular SeasonTCU10-0--056.7
2011 Regular SeasonTCU20-0--273.3

Related Context

Tank Carder played LB for TCU. Across 3 tracked seasons, Tank Carder recorded 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with TCU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season

TCU paired 2 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2011 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2011 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Colorado State

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2011 Regular Season · TCU

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Colorado State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Portland State: 1. Colorado State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Colorado State

Best efficiency game

20 vs Colorado State

Result
Sat 11/19vs Colorado StateW 34-101
Sat 9/24vs Portland StateW 55-131

Player Story

Tank Carder story

Tank Carder built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a linebacker from Sweeny, TX wearing No. 43, spending time with TCU. The clearest part of Tank Carder's career was his defensive production: 4 interceptions across 4 career games in the available record. That gives Tank Carder's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    TCU

    2009-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200920102011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonTCU120
2010 Regular SeasonTCU1200
2011 Regular SeasonTCU2201

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Utah

Week 11 · W 55-28 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

vs BYU

Week 7 · W 31-3 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

vs Colorado State

Week 12 · W 34-10 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

vs Portland State

Week 4 · W 55-13

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2011 Regular Season · TCU

2 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

#2

2009 Regular Season · TCU

56.7

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

#3

2010 Regular Season · TCU

56.7

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games