Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-51@ LSU | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 22-7vs Georgia Southern | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
#6
Jerome Carter
Junior safety on Clemson's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 195 lb · Lake City, FL
CFB Index 89 · #10 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceTransferred Old Dominion → Clemson for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 2794 nationally · Signed with Old Dominion
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 safety on Clemson's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Old Dominion in 2024.
- Transferred from Old Dominion to Clemson in 2026.
Jerome Carter
Erases the deep middle of the field. Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Ricky Rahne and Dabo Swinney. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-Sun Belt. One game to point at: 10 tackles against LSU — Week 1, 2026.
15 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
202410 games
- Signed with Old Dominion3-star out of Columbia
202513 games
- All-Sun Beltsecond
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM
All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coach2024–2026
Clemson
Played his entire career under Dabo Swinney.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Clemson
2025Old Dominion
2026Clemson
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Old Dominion5-7HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-leaning
2025Old Dominion10-3HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-heavy
2026Clemson1-1HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Concern: tackles for loss (20th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 7.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dabo Swinney
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Clemson | 15 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Old Dominion | 76 | 37 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | Old Dominion | 23 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 114 | 57 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 22–7
5 TOT · 3 SOLO
With J. Smith — 39 AVG · 5 IN 20 · 46 LONG · T. Reynolds — 178 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 11.3 · 38 rush yds (14 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Centerfielder
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
S
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Vosean Crumbie’s 2017 season.
89%match
Matches Vosean on
Tackle volume
PD rate
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Ronnell Davis's junior season at Buffalo (2026).
Matches Ronnell on
Class year
Tackle volume
Weight
Player DNA
Players who play like Jerome Carter
The secondary · Clemson
- #22Corey Myrick91 tackles · 2025
- #6Jerome Carter76 tackles · 2025
- #5Ronan Hanafin64 tackles · 2025
- #2Ashton Hampton45 tackles · 2025
- #1Branden Strozier21 tackles · 2025
15 more on the roster · Clemson team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology