#12

Ajani Carter

Former defensive back at Houston. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

DB · Houston · Sr. · #12

6′1″ · 190 lb · Houston, TX

CFB Index 26 · #269 of 327 cornersLow confidenceHouston 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1926 nationally · Signed with Utah State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Houston. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Utah State in 2019.
Transferred from Utah State to Baylor in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Houston, 123 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20198 games

Signed with Utah State3-star out of North Shore

2023

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1926 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

1 coach

2019–2022

Dana Holgorsen

Houston

2024

Dana Holgorsen

Houston

Played his entire career under Dana Holgorsen.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Utah State7-6HC: Gary Andersen · Balanced

2020Utah State1-5HC: Frank Maile · Balanced, slow tempo

2021Utah State11-3HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Utah State6-7HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning

2024Houston4-8HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

26Below cohort / limited sample #269 of 327?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#504 / 2892 · 78th pct

Sacks#1282 / 2892 · 53rd pct

0.5

Tackles#1833 / 2892 · 35th pct

Solo tackles#1877 / 2892 · 33rd pct

Tackles for loss#1909 / 2892 · 27th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.0	0.1	0.0	0.4
Road5g	2.4	0.1	0.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.6	0.1	0.1	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	1.8	0.1	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Willie Fritz

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

26 · #269 of 327 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #269 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Houston	22	11	1.0	0.5	3	--	--
2022	Utah State	37	23	1.0	0.0	5	1	--
2021	Utah State	45	23	3.0	2.0	1	3	--
2020	Utah State	7	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Utah State	12	8	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		123	68	5.0	2.5	9	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2024

W 24–19

vs Kansas State

2 TOT · 1 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With L. Dougherty — 43 AVG · 5 IN 20 · 65 LONG · Z. Chriss — 103 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 72.7 · 75 rush yds (22 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	L 12-16@ Oklahoma	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 33-7vs Rice	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 0-34@ Cincinnati	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 0-20vs Iowa State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 30-19@ TCU	5	2	0.5	0.5	—	1	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 9	W 17-14vs Utah	3	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 24-19vs Kansas State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 3-27@ Arizona	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 10-20vs Baylor	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	L 18-30@ BYU	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		22	11	1.0	0.5	—	3

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology