Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024NC State
Ja'Had Carter
S • 6'1" • 205 lbs • Richmond, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ja'Had Carter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
36
Developing production for a safety
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Reliability
34
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
43
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Syracuse
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Syracuse • Ohio State • NC State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Player Story
Ja'Had Carter built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a safety from Richmond, VA wearing No. 11, spending time with NC State, Ohio State, and Syracuse. The clearest part of Ja'Had Carter's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Cincinnati
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Ja'Had Carter, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Syracuse. Ja'Had Carter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 155
- TFL
- 4
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 8
Quick Answers
Ja'Had Carter quick answers
- Latest team and position
- NC State · S
- Career Tackles
- 155
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Syracuse
- Top game
- NC State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Camden County · Cincinnati
- High school pipeline
- Camden County · 37 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 15 tackles · S 283rd (top 52%) · ACC 297th (top 39%) · National 2,405th (top 40%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Syracuse | 10 | 65 | 3 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 63.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Syracuse | 8 | 35 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 15.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Syracuse | 10 | 35 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 50.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ohio State | 2 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | NC State | 5 | 15 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33.8 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ohio State to NC State | P4 to P4 | 78 | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 2023 | Syracuse to Ohio State | P4 to P4 | 84.5 | Dec 8, 2022 |
Ja'Had Carter played S for Syracuse, Ohio State, and NC State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ja'Had Carter recorded 155 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Syracuse.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Syracuse paired 8 primary output with 34.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Syracuse, Ohio State, NC State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · NC State
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
17.5
Usage
3.5
Consistency
56.9
Best Game by takeover score
Tennessee
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 1. Louisiana Tech: 1. Clemson: 0. Wake Forest: 0.5. Syracuse: 0
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. Tennessee: 7 by 39.2. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 14.2. Clemson: 4 by 16.7. Wake Forest: 2 by 13.3. Syracuse: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1 · Games = 1 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 4 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Tennessee
Best efficiency game
39.2 vs Tennessee
Player Story
Ja'Had Carter story
Ja'Had Carter built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a safety from Richmond, VA wearing No. 11, spending time with NC State, Ohio State, and Syracuse. The clearest part of Ja'Had Carter's career was his defensive production: 155 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 5 interceptions, and 8 passes defended across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with Syracuse. 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 Ja'Had Carter's production has multiple signals. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across NC State, Ohio State, and Syracuse.
The arc is straightforward: Ja'Had 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Syracuse
2020-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Ohio State
2023
Peak year stop
- 3
NC State
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Syracuse | 8 | 34.7 | 6.5 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Syracuse | 1 | 19.5 | 3.1 | -7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Syracuse | 6.5 | 21.1 | 4.3 | 5.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 10.4 | 2.1 | -6.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | NC State | 2.5 | 17.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs NC State
Week 13 · L 29-36 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
90 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.
#2
@ Clemson
Week 8 · L 21-27 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
82.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.
#3
@ Pittsburgh
Week 10 · L 9-19 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
77.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Tennessee
Week 2 · L 10-51
1
Havoc Plays
72.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.
#5
@ Pittsburgh
Week 3 · L 10-21 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
59.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Syracuse
8 primary output · 34.7 efficiency · 6.5 usage
63.4
#2
2022 Regular Season · Syracuse
50.5
6.5 primary · 21.1 efficiency · 4.3 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Ohio State
42.5
0 primary · 10.4 efficiency · 2.1 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
1
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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