Player Dossier

2021-2024

Clemson

Barrett Carter

LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Suwanee, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Barrett Carter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 46.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

95

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Clemson

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Clemson
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Player Story

Barrett Carter built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a linebacker from Suwanee, GA, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Barrett Carter's career was his defensive production: 210 tackles,...

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5★

Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.9835

North Gwinnett · Suwanee, GA

Committed To
Clemson
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2025
Selection
Round 4 · Pick 17
Overall
No. 119
NFL Team
Cincinnati Bengals

Barrett Carter, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Clemson. Barrett Carter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 46.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
210
TFL
29.5
Sacks
12
QB hurries
17
Passes defended
18
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Barrett Carter quick answers

Latest team and position
Clemson · LB
Career Tackles
210
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 44 games
Best season
2022 Postseason · Clemson
Top game
Pittsburgh
Recruit profile
5-star · North Gwinnett · Clemson
High school pipeline
North Gwinnett · 45 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
NFL Draft
2025 · Round 4 · Pick 17 · Cincinnati Bengals
Latest roster
Senior
2024 Tackles rank
74 tackles · LB 131st (top 11%) · ACC 29th (top 4%) · National 209th (top 4%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonClemson8162021024.7
2022 PostseasonClemson13111--072.4
2022 Regular SeasonClemson136394.546072.4
2023 PostseasonClemson1130.50.5-3065.5
2023 Regular SeasonClemson11537.52.542065.5
2024 PostseasonClemson126-0--069.4
2024 Regular SeasonClemson12689.53.576169.4

Related Context

Barrett Carter played LB for Clemson. Across 4 tracked seasons, Barrett Carter recorded 4 rushing yards, 210 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Clemson.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason

Clemson paired 27.5 primary output with 39.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 40.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Postseason · Clemson

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.9

Efficiency

40.3

Usage

10.3

Consistency

59.9

Best Game by takeover score

Kentucky

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kentucky: 5. Charleston Southern: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0.5. Florida State: 1. Syracuse: 2. Wake Forest: 3. Miami: 1. NC State: 2. Notre Dame: 0.5. North Carolina: 3. South Carolina: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kentucky: 3 by 62.5. Charleston Southern: 2 by 8.3. Florida Atlantic: 7 by 34.2. Florida State: 3 by 22.5. Syracuse: 7 by 49.2. Wake Forest: 5 by 50.8. Miami: 8 by 43.3. NC State: 5 by 40.8. Notre Dame: 7 by 34.2. North Carolina: 4 by 46.7. South Carolina: 5 by 50.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.1 · Games = 8 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 3 · -0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kentucky

Best efficiency game

62.5 vs Kentucky

Result
Fri 12/29@ KentuckySplash gameW 38-35320.500.5013
Sun 11/26@ South CarolinaSplash gameW 16-751210
Sat 11/18vs North CarolinaSplash gameW 31-2042002
Sat 11/4vs Notre DameW 31-23740.5000
Sat 10/28@ NC StateSplash gameL 17-2452110
Sun 10/22@ MiamiL 20-2885100
Sat 10/7vs Wake ForestSplash gameW 17-1252100
Sat 9/30@ SyracuseSplash gameW 31-14761.500.500
Sat 9/23vs Florida StateL 24-3132000
Sun 9/17vs Florida AtlanticW 48-14730.5000
Sat 9/9vs Charleston SouthernW 66-1722000

Player Story

Barrett Carter story

Barrett Carter built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a linebacker from Suwanee, GA, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Barrett Carter's career was his defensive production: 210 tackles, 29.5 tackles for loss, 12 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 44 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Clemson. 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 Barrett Carter's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 4 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 44 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Clemson.

The arc is straightforward: Barrett 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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    Clemson

    2021-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2021202220222023202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonClemson514.62.7
2022 PostseasonClemson27.539.711.322.5
2022 Regular SeasonClemson27.539.711.30
2023 PostseasonClemson2140.310.3-6.5
2023 Regular SeasonClemson2140.310.30
2024 PostseasonClemson2646.510.25
2024 Regular SeasonClemson2646.510.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Pittsburgh

Week 12 · W 24-20 · Conference game

Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5

Havoc Plays

100 takeover

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.

#2

vs Stanford

Week 5 · W 40-14 · Conference game

5.5

Havoc Plays

97.2 takeover

Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 97.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Louisville

Week 11 · W 31-16 · Conference game

7.5

Havoc Plays

94.4 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

7.5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.

#4

@ Kentucky

Week 1 · W 38-35 · Postseason

5

Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#5

@ Florida State

Week 6 · W 29-13 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

75.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Postseason · Clemson

27.5 primary output · 39.7 efficiency · 11.3 usage

72.4

#2

2022 Regular Season · Clemson

72.4

27.5 primary · 39.7 efficiency · 11.3 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Clemson

69.4

26 primary · 46.5 efficiency · 10.2 usage

Milestones

14

Impact games

21

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games