Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Tennessee
Arion Carter
LB • 6'1" • 235 lbs • Smyrna, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Arion Carter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
27
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
25
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
36
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Tennessee
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt
Player Story
Arion Carter built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Smyrna, TN wearing No. 7, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Arion Carter's career was his defensive production: 160...
Read the storyArion Carter, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Tennessee. Arion Carter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 160
- TFL
- 13.5
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 8
Quick Answers
Arion Carter quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tennessee · LB
- Career Tackles
- 160
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Tennessee
- Top game
- Vanderbilt
- High school pipeline
- Bradley Central · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 75 tackles · LB 139th (top 11%) · SEC 23rd (top 4%) · National 208th (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Tennessee | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 13.7 |
| 2024 Postseason | Tennessee | 13 | 3 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 59.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Tennessee | 13 | 65 | 6.5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 59.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Tennessee | 10 | 75 | 6 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 54.7 |
Related Context
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Arion Carter played LB for Tennessee. Across 3 tracked seasons, Arion Carter recorded 160 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Tennessee paired 16.5 primary output with 34.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 13 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Tennessee
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
13
Usage
2.4
Consistency
9.5
Best Game by takeover score
South Carolina
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Virginia: 0. Austin Peay: 0. Florida: 0. UTSA: 0. South Carolina: 1. Texas A&M: 0. Kentucky: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Virginia: 4 by 16.7. Austin Peay: 1 by 4.2. Florida: 3 by 12.5. UTSA: 2 by 8.3. South Carolina: 3 by 22.5. Texas A&M: 2 by 8.3. Kentucky: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
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7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
South Carolina
Best efficiency game
22.5 vs South Carolina
Player Story
Arion Carter story
Arion Carter built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Smyrna, TN wearing No. 7, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Arion Carter's career was his defensive production: 160 tackles, 13.5 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 Tennessee. 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 Arion 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 Tennessee.
The arc is straightforward: Arion 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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Tennessee
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Tennessee | 2 | 13 | 2.4 | — |
| 2024 Postseason | Tennessee | 16.5 | 34.5 | 6.6 | 14.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Tennessee | 16.5 | 34.5 | 6.6 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Tennessee | 10.5 | 39.3 | 9.1 | -6 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 11 Vanderbilt
Week 14 · L 24-45 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
88.1 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.1 takeover score.
#2
@ NC State
Week 2 · W 51-10
3.5
Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 63 Florida
Week 13 · W 31-11 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
73.8 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.8 takeover score.
#4
@ Arkansas
Week 6 · L 14-19 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
73.2 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.2 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 115 Syracuse
Week 1 · W 45-26
2
Havoc Plays
71.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Tennessee
16.5 primary output · 34.5 efficiency · 6.6 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · Tennessee
59.1
16.5 primary · 34.5 efficiency · 6.6 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Tennessee
54.7
10.5 primary · 39.3 efficiency · 9.1 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
7
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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