Roger Carter

#5 · TE · Sr. · Georgia State6′2″ · 250 lb · Columbia, SC · Blythewood

Roger Carter: TE · Georgia State · #5.

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Roger Carter

TE · Georgia State · Sr · #5

Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. Five seasons in the Georgia State receiving corps to date. All-Sun Belt in 2021 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 76 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Louisiana — Week 10, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Georgia State in the news

Former player arrested after altercationInstagram Oct 21

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	Georgia State	20	323	16.1	2	39
2020	Georgia State	23	285	12.4	4	36
2019	Georgia State	28	334	11.9	3	31
2018	Georgia State	15	136	9.1	1	20
2017	Georgia State	10	146	14.6	2	42
Career		96	1,224	12.8	12	42

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 10-43vs Army	2	17	8.5	0	15
Wk 3	W 20-9vs Charlotte	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 4	L 24-34@ No. 23 Auburn	4	51	12.8	1	24
Wk 6	W 55-21@ UL Monroe	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 8	W 28-16vs Texas State	1	16	16.0	0	16
Wk 9	W 21-14@ Georgia Southern	2	59	29.5	0	30
Wk 10	L 17-21@ No. 24 Louisiana	3	76	25.3	1	37	Season-high 76 yds
Wk 11	W 42-40@ No. 22 Coastal Carolina	3	70	23.3	0	39
Wk 12	W 28-20vs Arkansas State	2	4	2.0	0	6
Wk 13	W 37-10vs Troy	1	13	13.0	0	13
Total		20	323	16.1	2	39

Signature game

Week 10 · 2021

L 17-21

at Louisiana

3 rec · 76 yds · 1 TD

With M. Hayes — 34.4 yards per punt · 5 punts · 2 inside the 20 · D. Grainger — 98 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 27.5 · 28 rush yds (11 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · Louisiana · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +3.34Darren Grainger pass complete to Roger Carter for 37 yds for a TD, (Noel Ruiz KICK)
Week 11 · Coastal Carolina · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.54Darren Grainger pass complete to Roger Carter for 22 yds to the CCaro 33 for a
Week 10 · Louisiana · 3rd and 2 · Q2 · EPA +2.29Darren Grainger pass complete to Roger Carter for 15 yds to the LaLaf 43 for a
Week 8 · Texas State · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.22Darren Grainger pass complete to Roger Carter for 16 yds to the TexSt 27 for a
Week 4 · Auburn · 1st and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.20Darren Grainger pass complete to Roger Carter for 7 yds for a TD, (Noel Ruiz KICK)
Week 13 · Troy · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.10Darren Grainger pass complete to Roger Carter for 13 yds to the Troy 41 for a

4 more plays

Week 11 · Coastal Carolina · 2nd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.08Darren Grainger pass complete to Roger Carter for 39 yds to the CCaro 16 for a
Week 10 · Louisiana · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +1.94Darren Grainger pass complete to Roger Carter for 24 yds to the LaLaf 26 for a
Week 11 · Coastal Carolina · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +1.86Darren Grainger pass complete to Roger Carter for 9 yds to the GeoSt 36 for a
Week 4 · Auburn · 2nd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +1.71Darren Grainger pass complete to Roger Carter for 15 yds to the GeoSt 45 for a

Teams and coaches

5 seasons under Shawn Elliott — 30-30 over that span.

2017Georgia State7-5HC: Shawn Elliott · Balanced

2018Georgia State2-10HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-leaning

2019Georgia State7-6HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-heavy

2020Georgia State6-4HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Georgia State8-5HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-heavy

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 45 (#57 of 119). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles · 2021 season

45Rotational starter #57 of 119 · 2021?

6 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: yards / catch (94th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (28th percentile).

Box-score rates (6)

Yards / catch#9 / 146 · 94th pct

16.2

Rec yards#47 / 146 · 68th pct

323

Long catch#50 / 146 · 65th pct

Receptions#69 / 146 · 50th pct

Rec TDs#70 / 146 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#18 / 39 · 28th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021, based on box-score rates.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	1.4	11.0	8.9	0.0
Road5g	2.6	53.6	20.6	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.0	21.2	9.6	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.0	39.7	18.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Shawn Elliott

Pass share

34.9%

311 pass / 581 run

Plays / game

74.3

12 games

Team sack rate

5.3%

320 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

45 · #57 of 119 TEs · 2021

Three-star recruit. Now #57 at the position.

Roger Carter

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Style of play

Fans

Georgia State in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Five seasons at Georgia State

2017 4 games

2020 7 games

2021 10 games