Player Dossier

2014-2017

Georgia

Lorenzo Carter

OLB • 6'6" • 243 lbs • Norcross, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Lorenzo Carter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

58%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

74

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

48

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

76

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Georgia

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Georgia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame

Player Story

Lorenzo Carter built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as an outside linebacker from Norcross, GA wearing No. 7, spending time with Georgia. The clearest part of Lorenzo Carter's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.9913

Norcross · Norcross, GA

Committed To
Georgia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2018
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 2
Overall
No. 66
NFL Team
New York Giants

Lorenzo Carter, OLB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Georgia. Lorenzo Carter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
102
TFL
13.5
Sacks
9.5
QB hurries
5

Quick Answers

Lorenzo Carter quick answers

Latest team and position
Georgia · OLB
Career Tackles
102
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 27 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Georgia
Top game
Notre Dame
Recruit profile
5-star · Norcross · Georgia
High school pipeline
Norcross · 52 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
NFL Draft
2018 · Round 3 · Pick 2 · New York Giants
Latest roster
No. 7 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
58 tackles · OLB 8th (top 16%) · SEC 49th (top 9%) · National 522nd (top 10%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonGeorgia00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonGeorgia00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonGeorgia13711--044.9
2016 Regular SeasonGeorgia1337541-044.9
2017 PostseasonGeorgia14140.50.5--065
2017 Regular SeasonGeorgia1444744-065

Related Context

Lorenzo Carter played OLB for Georgia. Across 4 tracked seasons, Lorenzo Carter recorded 102 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Georgia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Georgia paired 16 primary output with 28.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 28.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Postseason · Georgia

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

28.7

Usage

10

Consistency

48.2

Best Game by takeover score

Notre Dame

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 0. Oklahoma: 1. App State: 0.5. Notre Dame: 4. Samford: 4. Mississippi State: 1. Tennessee: 0. Vanderbilt: 1. Missouri: 1. Florida: 2. South Carolina: 0. Kentucky: 0. Georgia Tech: 0. Auburn: 1.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 4 by 16.7. Oklahoma: 10 by 51.7. App State: 3 by 17.5. Notre Dame: 7 by 69.2. Samford: 4 by 56.7. Mississippi State: 3 by 22.5. Vanderbilt: 1 by 14.2. Missouri: 4 by 26.7. Florida: 9 by 57.5. South Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Kentucky: 3 by 12.5. Georgia Tech: 3 by 12.5. Auburn: 6 by 40

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.2 · Games = 13 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -1.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Notre Dame

Best efficiency game

69.2 vs Notre Dame

Result
Tue 1/9vs AlabamaL 23-2642000
Mon 1/1@ Oklahoma10+ tacklesW 54-481030.500.500
Sat 12/2@ AuburnW 28-7640.5000
Sat 11/25@ Georgia TechW 38-732000
Sat 11/18vs KentuckyW 42-1332000
Sat 11/4vs South CarolinaW 24-1010000
Sat 10/28@ FloridaSplash gameW 42-793110
Sat 10/14vs MissouriW 53-2843100
Sat 10/7@ VanderbiltW 45-1410000
Sat 9/30@ TennesseeW 41-0
Sat 9/23vs Mississippi StateW 31-331100
Sat 9/16vs Samford2+ sacks · Splash gameW 42-1443220
Sat 9/9@ Notre DameSplash gameW 20-1974110
Sat 9/2vs App StateW 31-10310.5000

Player Story

Lorenzo Carter story

Lorenzo Carter built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as an outside linebacker from Norcross, GA wearing No. 7, spending time with Georgia. The clearest part of Lorenzo Carter's career was his defensive production: 102 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, and 9.5 sacks across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Georgia. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Lorenzo Carter's production has multiple signals. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Georgia.

The arc is straightforward: Lorenzo Carter moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Georgia

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420152016201620172017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonGeorgia0
2015 Regular SeasonGeorgia00
2016 PostseasonGeorgia1223.37.912
2016 Regular SeasonGeorgia1223.37.90
2017 PostseasonGeorgia1628.7104
2017 Regular SeasonGeorgia1628.7100

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Notre Dame

Week 2 · W 20-19

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

89.7 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 89.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Samford

Week 3 · W 42-14

4

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Vanderbilt

Week 7 · L 16-17 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#4

@ TCU

Week 1 · W 31-23 · Postseason

2

Havoc Plays

66.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.

#5

@ South Carolina

Week 6 · W 28-14 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Georgia

16 primary output · 28.7 efficiency · 10 usage

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#2

2017 Regular Season · Georgia

65

16 primary · 28.7 efficiency · 10 usage

#3

2016 Postseason · Georgia

44.9

12 primary · 23.3 efficiency · 7.9 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

7

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games