DeQuece Carter

Senior wide receiver for Indiana. 2023: 27 catches, 395 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Indiana · Sr. · #4

6′0″ · 200 lb · Louisa, VA

CFB Index 40 · #294 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceIndiana 2023 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Indiana. 2023: 27 catches, 395 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Fordham in 2019.
Transferred from Fordham to Indiana in 2023.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 3231 nationally · Signed with Fordham

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

One season at Indiana, 395 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 104 yds at Penn State.Penn State · L 24-332023

2019

Signed with Fordham2-star out of Woodberry Forest

202311 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3231 national

CFB

College

Indiana

2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Indiana3-9HC: Tom Allen · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

40Rotational starter #294 of 497?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (99th percentile). Concern: epa / target (20th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#167 / 639 · 74th pct

14.4

Explosive rate#232 / 639 · 64th pct

16.2%

TD rate#326 / 639 · 49th pct

5.4%

Catch rate#496 / 639 · 22nd pct

73.0%

EPA / target#514 / 639 · 20th pct

0.46

Box-score rates (8)

Long catch#6 / 566 · 99th pct

Yards / catch#184 / 566 · 67th pct

14.6

Rec TDs#204 / 566 · 59th pct

Rec yards#281 / 566 · 50th pct

395

Receptions#316 / 566 · 43rd pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#93 / 227 · 35th pct

Rush yards#226 / 294 · 21st pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.7	27.0	11.8	0.0
Road5g	2.2	46.6	18.5	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.4	17.6	12.9	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	51.2	16.5	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Curt Cignetti

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

40 · #294 of 497 WRs

Two-star recruit. Now #294 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Indiana	27	395	14.6	3	--
Career		27	395	14.6	3	--

Season	Team
2023	Indiana	1	1	2	14	--
Career		1	1	2	14	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2023

W 20–14

vs Wisconsin

3 rec · 30 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With J. Evans — 44 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 55 LONG · B. Sorsby — 186 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 58.7 · 8 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Penn State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.79Brendan Sorsby pass complete to DeQuece Carter for 90 yds for a TD (Chris Freeman KICK)
Week 11 · Illinois · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.05Brendan Sorsby pass complete to DeQuece Carter for 25 yds to the ILL 39 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Purdue · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.90Brendan Sorsby pass complete to DeQuece Carter for 33 yds for a TD (Chris Freeman KICK)
Week 11 · Illinois · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.72DeQuece Carter 26 Yd pass from Brendan Sorsby (Brendan Sorsby Pass to E.J. Williams Jr. for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 10 · Wisconsin · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.61Brendan Sorsby pass complete to DeQuece Carter for 26 yds to the IU 42 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Indiana State · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.45Brendan Sorsby pass complete to DeQuece Carter for 10 yds to the INST 35 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Michigan State · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.07Brendan Sorsby pass complete to DeQuece Carter for 13 yds to the MSU 44 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Penn State · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +1.39Brendan Sorsby pass complete to DeQuece Carter for 11 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Michigan State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.11Brendan Sorsby pass complete to DeQuece Carter for 14 yds to the MSU 43 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Akron · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.90Tayven Jackson pass complete to DeQuece Carter for 20 yds to the AKR 9 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 3-23vs Ohio State	1	16	16.0	0	16
Wk 2	W 41-7vs Indiana State	2	16	8.0	0	10
Wk 4	W 29-27vs Akron	1	20	20.0	0	20
Wk 5	L 17-44@ Maryland	2	31	15.5	0	26
Wk 7	L 7-52@ Michigan	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 8	L 14-31vs Rutgers	3	21	7.0	0	13
Wk 9	L 24-33@ Penn State	3	104	34.7	1	90	Season-high 104 yds
Wk 10	W 20-14vs Wisconsin	3	30	10.0	0	26
Wk 11	L 45-48@ Illinois	3	55	18.3	1	26
Wk 12	L 21-24vs Michigan State	6	59	9.8	0	14
Wk 13	L 31-35@ Purdue	2	38	19.0	1	33
Total		27	395	14.8	3	90

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