Player Career

Ja'Had Carter Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

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. 1

    Syracuse

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Ohio State

    2023

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    NC State

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20202021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonSyracuse834.76.5
2021 Regular SeasonSyracuse119.53.1-7
2022 Regular SeasonSyracuse6.521.14.35.5
2023 Regular SeasonOhio State010.42.1-6.5
2024 Regular SeasonNC State2.517.53.52.5

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Ohio State to NC StateP4 to P478Apr 29, 2024
2023Syracuse to Ohio StateP4 to P484.5Dec 8, 2022

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