Player Dossier

2021-2025

Liberty

Joseph Carter

LB • 6'0" • 235 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Joseph Carter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

74%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

65

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

50

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Liberty

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Liberty
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kennesaw State

Player Story

Joseph Carter built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Liberty. The clearest part of Joseph Carter's career was his defensive production:...

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Joseph Carter, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Liberty. Joseph Carter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
196
TFL
10
Sacks
1.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Joseph Carter quick answers

Latest team and position
Liberty · LB
Career Tackles
196
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 30 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Liberty
Top game
Kennesaw State
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
53 tackles · LB 262nd (top 21%) · Conference USA 50th (top 10%) · National 542nd (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonLiberty00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonLiberty00-0--0-
2023 PostseasonLiberty114-0--029.6
2023 Regular SeasonLiberty11511.50-1029.6
2024 PostseasonLiberty125-0-1065.6
2024 Regular SeasonLiberty128351.5-2065.6
2025 Regular SeasonLiberty7533.501-051.1

Related Context

Joseph Carter played LB for Liberty. Across 5 tracked seasons, Joseph Carter recorded 196 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Liberty.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Liberty paired 9.5 primary output with 38.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 38.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kennesaw State

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Postseason · Liberty

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

38.1

Usage

8.6

Consistency

52.8

Best Game by takeover score

Kennesaw State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Buffalo: 1. Campbell: 0. New Mexico State: 1. UTEP: 1. East Carolina: 1. Florida International: 1. Kennesaw State: 2.5. Jacksonville State: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0. Massachusetts: 0. Western Kentucky: 0. Sam Houston: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Buffalo: 5 by 30.8. Campbell: 1 by 4.2. New Mexico State: 5 by 30.8. UTEP: 13 by 60. East Carolina: 7 by 39.2. Florida International: 4 by 26.7. Kennesaw State: 11 by 70.8. Jacksonville State: 10 by 41.7. Middle Tennessee: 6 by 25. Massachusetts: 11 by 45.8. Western Kentucky: 10 by 41.7. Sam Houston: 5 by 40.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 8 · -0.9 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 4 · +0.9 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kennesaw State

Best efficiency game

70.8 vs Kennesaw State

Result
Sat 1/4vs BuffaloL 7-2654001
Fri 11/29@ Sam HoustonSplash gameL 18-2053110
Sat 11/23vs Western Kentucky10+ tacklesW 38-21101000
Sat 11/16@ Massachusetts10+ tacklesW 35-34115000
Sat 11/9@ Middle TennesseeW 37-1764000
Wed 10/30vs Jacksonville State10+ tacklesL 21-31106000
Wed 10/23@ Kennesaw State10+ tackles · Splash gameL 24-271132.5000
Tue 10/8vs Florida InternationalW 31-2441001
Sat 9/21vs East CarolinaW 35-2475100
Sat 9/14vs UTEP10+ tacklesW 28-101390.500.500
Sun 9/8@ New Mexico StateW 30-2454001
Sat 8/31vs CampbellW 41-2410000

Player Story

Joseph Carter story

Joseph Carter built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Liberty. The clearest part of Joseph Carter's career was his defensive production: 196 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 30 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Liberty. 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 Joseph Carter's production has multiple signals. With 30 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Liberty.

The arc is straightforward: Joseph 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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    Liberty

    2021-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonLiberty0
2022 Regular SeasonLiberty00
2023 PostseasonLiberty3.5245.83.5
2023 Regular SeasonLiberty3.5245.80
2024 PostseasonLiberty9.538.18.66
2024 Regular SeasonLiberty9.538.18.60
2025 Regular SeasonLiberty4.537.49.5-5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Kennesaw State

Week 9 · L 24-27 · Conference game

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 129 UTEP

Week 7 · W 19-8 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

88.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Jacksonville State

Week 7 · W 31-13 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

86.9 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.

#4

@ Sam Houston

Week 14 · L 18-20 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

73.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 49 Old Dominion

Week 5 · L 7-21

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Havoc Plays

70 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Liberty

9.5 primary output · 38.1 efficiency · 8.6 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · Liberty

65.6

9.5 primary · 38.1 efficiency · 8.6 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Liberty

51.1

4.5 primary · 37.4 efficiency · 9.5 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

3

Splash games

10

10+ tackle games