Senior tight end for Northern Illinois. 2023: 12 catches, 178 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′7″ · 240 lb · Beverly Hills, MI
The story
4 tight end for Northern Illinois. 2023: 12 catches, 178 receiving yards, 2 TD.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearChris Carter
Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. The receipt on tape: 54 rec yds, 3 receptions against Southern Illinois, Week 2, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at Northern Illinois, 178 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / catch (86th percentile). Concern: receptions (4th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.7 | 31.0 | 19.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 21.2 | 12.1 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.8 | 26.0 | 13.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 24.0 | 20.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rob Harley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 178 | 14.8 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 12 | 178 | 14.8 | 2 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-24@ Boston College | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | 32 | |
| Wk 2 | L 11-14vs Southern Illinois | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | 20 | Season-high 54 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 11-35@ Nebraska | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 1 | 8 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-22vs Tulsa | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 5 | L 33-35@ Toledo | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-37@ Central Michigan | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-0vs Western Michigan | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 33 | |
| Total | 12 | 178 | 15.1 | 2 | 33 |
Play style
Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Curtis Hodges’s 2021 season.
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As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Cole Spence's junior season at Vanderbilt (2025).
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Player DNA