Player Dossier

2023-2023

Buffalo

Zion Carter

TE • 6'6" • 265 lbs • Odessa, FL, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Zion Carter reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

11

Developing production for a tight end

lowelite

Reliability

6

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Buffalo

23

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Buffalo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Liberty
2★

Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.77

Berkeley Prep · Tampa, FL

Committed To
Dartmouth
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Zion Carter, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Buffalo. Zion Carter reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
33
Receptions
4

Quick Answers

Zion Carter quick answers

Latest team and position
Buffalo · TE
Career Receiving Yards
33
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 3 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Buffalo
Top game
Liberty
Recruit profile
2-star · Berkeley Prep · Dartmouth
High school pipeline
Berkeley Prep · 20 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 89 · Senior
2023 Receiving yards rank
33 receiving yards · TE 292nd (top 67%) · Mid-American 116th (top 66%) · National 1,447th (top 70%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonBuffalo3433051

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2023Unlisted to BuffaloUnlisted to G5/FCS78.2Dec 5, 2022

Zion Carter played TE for Buffalo. Across 1 tracked season, Zion Carter recorded 33 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Buffalo.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Buffalo paired 33 primary output with 47.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 47.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Liberty

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Regular Season · Buffalo

Games

3

Receiving Yards / G

11

Efficiency

47.8

Usage

5

Consistency

39.5

Best Game by takeover score

Liberty

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wisconsin: 7. Fordham: 3. Liberty: 23

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wisconsin: 1 by 46.7. Fordham: 1 by 20. Liberty: 2 by 76.7

Split Comparison

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

First Half5 · Games = 2 · -18 vs Second Half
Second Half23 · Games = 1 · +18 vs First Half

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Liberty

Best efficiency game

76.7 vs Liberty

Result
Sat 9/16vs LibertyL 27-5522311.511.50015
Sat 9/9vs FordhamL 37-40133303
Sat 9/2@ WisconsinL 17-38177707

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Buffalo

    2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonBuffalo3347.85

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Liberty

Week 3 · L 27-55

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

23

Receiving Yards

66.6 takeover

23 receiving yards with a 76.7 efficiency score.

#2

@ Wisconsin

Week 1 · L 17-38

7

Receiving Yards

29.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

7 receiving yards with a 46.7 efficiency score.

#3

vs Fordham

Week 2 · L 37-40

3

Receiving Yards

15.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

3 receiving yards with a 20 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Buffalo

33 primary output · 47.8 efficiency · 5 usage

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Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games