Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-55@ Iowa State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Carter Hooper
Senior defensive lineman on UConn's 2023 roster.
6′5″ · 265 lb · Toronto, ON
UConn 2023 alumnus
Recruiting
3★
SDE recruit
No. 2145 nationally · Signed with UConn
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on UConn's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to UConn in 2020.
- Transferred from UConn to South Dakota in 2024.
Carter Hooper
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. UConn to South Dakota — the move that set up everything since. The receipt: 2 tackles against Iowa State — Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- portal record
- game log
How it ended
Two seasons at UConn — his college career is complete.
His career
2020
- Signed with UConn3-star out of IMG Academy
2024
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
UConn
NFL
NFL Draft
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2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Jim Mora — 9-16 over that span.
2022UConn6-7HC: Jim Mora · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2023UConn3-9HC: Jim Mora · Balanced
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 2.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2023
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
IDL
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Desmond Evans’s 2022 season.
Matches Desmond on
TFL rate
Class year
Weight
Differs from Desmond on
Height (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Blake Mangelson's sophomore season at BYU (2022).
88%match
Matches Blake on
Class year
Height
TFL rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Carter Hooper
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology