Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025South Dakota
Carter Hooper
DL • 6'5" • 265 lbs • Toronto, ON, Canada
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Carter Hooper shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
15
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
13
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
27
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · South Dakota
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- UConn • South Dakota
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee
3★
- Committed To
- UConn
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Carter Hooper, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · South Dakota. Carter Hooper shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 25
- TFL
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Carter Hooper quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Dakota · DL
- Career Tackles
- 25
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · South Dakota
- Top game
- Tennessee
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · IMG Academy · UConn
- High school pipeline
- IMG Academy · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 95 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | UConn | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | UConn | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | UConn | 8 | 11 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 11.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UConn | 9 | 14 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Dakota | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 54.2 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | UConn to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 21.2 | Nov 28, 2023 |
Carter Hooper played DL for UConn and South Dakota. Across 5 tracked seasons, Carter Hooper recorded 25 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with UConn.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
South Dakota paired 0 primary output with 8.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across UConn, South Dakota.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ball State
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · UConn
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
7
Usage
0.9
Consistency
4.2
Best Game by takeover score
Ball State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Utah State: 0. Michigan: 0. Fresno State: 0. Ball State: 1. Boston College: 0. Massachusetts: 0. Liberty: 0. Army: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Utah State: 3 by 12.5. Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Fresno State: 2 by 8.3. Ball State: 1 by 14.2. Massachusetts: 2 by 8.3. Liberty: 1 by 4.2. Army: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Ball State
Best efficiency game
14.2 vs Ball State
Career Arc
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- 1
UConn
2020-2023
Opening stop
- 2
South Dakota
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202220232025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | UConn | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | UConn | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UConn | 1 | 7 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UConn | 3.5 | 10.4 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Dakota | 0 | 8.3 | — | -3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Tennessee
Week 10 · L 3-59
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
57 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57 takeover score.
#2
@ Boston College
Week 9 · L 14-21
1
Havoc Plays
51.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Sacred Heart
Week 12 · W 31-3
1.5
Havoc Plays
48.3 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 48.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Ball State
Week 7 · L 21-25
1
Havoc Plays
39.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.5 takeover score.
#5
vs South Florida
Week 8 · L 21-24
0
Havoc Plays
8.9 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · South Dakota
0 primary output · 8.3 efficiency · — usage
54.2
#2
2023 Regular Season · UConn
37.6
3.5 primary · 10.4 efficiency · 3.5 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · UConn
11.8
1 primary · 7 efficiency · 0.9 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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