Jalen Carter: DL · Georgia · #88.
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Jalen Carter
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Three seasons in the Georgia defensive front to date. All-America (Consensus) in 2022 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 7 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Mississippi State, Week 11, 2022.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 6 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-3vs No. 11 Oregon | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 33-0vs Samford | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-7@ South Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 26-22@ Missouri | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-20vs Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 27-13vs No. 2 Tennessee | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-19@ Mississippi State | 7 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 16-6@ Kentucky | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 37-14vs Georgia Tech | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 50-30vs No. 11 LSU | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 12 | 6.0 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
23%6 TFLSack rate
12%3 sacksHurry rate
4%1 hurry26 tackles · 6 for loss · 3 sacks.
3 seasons under Kirby Smart — 37-3 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 3.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirby Smart
Pass share
47.9%
492 pass / 535 run
Plays / game
68.5
15 games
Team sack rate
1.8%
507 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
First team on every major selector list.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former five-star. Now #239 at the position.
Selector Grid · 2022
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
Career, closed
Gone at #9 overall.
How it ended
Three seasons at Georgia, 6 sacks, a Unanimous All-American season (2022) — drafted at #9 overall by the Philadelphia Eagles.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · UNANIMOUS
Unanimous AA (2022)
Named to 9 first-team selectors
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kirby Smart.
Next stop · NFL
Philadelphia EaglesEntering 4th NFL season
Philadelphia EaglesEntering 4th NFL season
