Michael Carter

Former running back at North Carolina. 2020: 1,245 rushing yards, 9 rushing TD, 25 catches.

RB · North Carolina · Sr. · #8

5′8″ · 199 lb · Navarre, FL

New York — drafted 2021, Rd 4, Pick 2, #107 overall

Recruiting

3★

APB recruit

No. 422 nationally · Signed with North Carolina

Statement game24 car · 308 yds · 2 TDat Miami (FBS) · W 62-26

Top 0.1% rushing yards game since 2021.

Michael Carter be SCOOTIN.r/CFB game thread · ▲ 3His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at North Carolina. 2020: 1,245 rushing yards, 9 rushing TD, 25 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to North Carolina in 2017.
Drafted round 4 by the New York in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at North Carolina, 3,403 rushing yards — drafted at #107 overall by New York.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 165 yds vs Virginia Tech.Virginia Tech · L 19-222018

201711 games

Signed with North Carolina3-star out of Navarre

2021

Drafted by New Yorkround 4, pick 107

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#422 national

CFB

College

North Carolina

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #107

New York · 2021

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

2 coaches

2017–2018

Larry Fedora

North Carolina

2019–2020

Mack Brown

North Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Larry Fedora → Mack Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New YorkEntering 6th NFL season

#107Rd 4 · Pick 2

New YorkEntering 6th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017North Carolina3-9HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

2018North Carolina2-9HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

2019North Carolina7-6HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning

2020North Carolina8-4HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (99th percentile). Strength: yards / carry (98th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rush yards#4 / 271 · 99th pct

1245

Yards / carry#6 / 271 · 98th pct

8.0

Rec yards#15 / 260 · 94th pct

267

Receptions#20 / 260 · 92nd pct

Carries#21 / 271 · 92nd pct

156

Rush TDs#26 / 271 · 89th pct

Long run#53 / 271 · 80th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	100	8.4	1.0
Road5g	129	7.3	0.6

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	120	8.8	0.5
Weeks 8+7g	110	7.4	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill Belichick

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	North Carolina	156	1,245	8.0	9	--
2019	North Carolina	177	1,003	5.7	3	--
2018	North Carolina	84	597	7.1	2	--
2017	North Carolina	97	558	5.8	8	--
Career		514	3,403	6.6	22	--

Season	Team
2020	North Carolina	25	267	10.7	2	--
2019	North Carolina	21	154	7.3	2	--
2018	North Carolina	25	135	5.4	1	--
2017	North Carolina	11	100	9.1	1	--
Career		82	656	8.0	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2020

W 56–45

vs Virginia Tech

214 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD

Edged out Virginia Tech at home in a shootout.

With J. Williams — 169 rush yds (20 car) · 2 TD · S. Howell — 257 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 19 rush yds (3 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Virginia Tech · 1&25 · Q4 · EPA +6.61Michael Carter run for 62 yds for a TD (Grayson Atkins KICK)
Week 15 · Miami · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +5.24Michael Carter run for 65 yds for a TD (Grayson Atkins KICK)
Week 11 · Wake Forest · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +4.84Sam Howell pass complete to Michael Carter for 46 yds for a TD (Grayson Atkins KICK)
Week 15 · Miami · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.87Michael Carter run for 58 yds to the MiaFl 15 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Boston College · 1&25 · Q2 · EPA +3.71Michael Carter run for 23 yds to the BC 35
Week 10 · Duke · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.65Sam Howell pass complete to Michael Carter for 22 yds for a TD (Grayson Atkins KICK)
Week 2 · Syracuse · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.27Michael Carter run for 45 yds to the Syrac 16 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Duke · 4&3 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Sam Howell pass complete to Michael Carter for 14 yds to the Duke 34 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Boston College · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.92Michael Carter run for 35 yds to the BC 43 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · NC State · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.91Michael Carter run for 16 yds for a TD NORTH CAROLINA Penalty, Offensive Holding (-10 Yards) to the NCSt 13 (Grayson Atkins KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 31-6vs Syracuse	7	78	11.1	0	45
Wk 5	W 26-22@ Boston College	16	121	7.6	0	35
Wk 6	W 56-45vs Virginia Tech	17	214	12.6	2	62	214-yard day
Wk 7	L 28-31@ Florida State	17	65	3.8	0	13
Wk 8	W 48-21vs NC State	17	106	6.2	1	16
Wk 9	L 41-44@ Virginia	9	64	7.1	0	38
Wk 10	W 56-24@ Duke	17	85	5.0	1	27
Wk 11	W 59-53vs Wake Forest	16	74	4.6	0	26
Wk 13	L 17-31vs Notre Dame	8	57	7.1	0	26
Wk 14	W 49-9vs Western Carolina	8	73	9.1	3	22	3 rushing TDs
Wk 15	W 62-26@ Miami	24	308	12.8	2	65	Season-high 308 yds
Total		156	1245	7.9	9	65

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

Michael Carter

201711 games

2021

2020 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

Heisman trajectory

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