#90

DeWayne Carter

Former defensive tackle at Duke. 2023: 1 sack, 3.5 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

DT · Duke · Sr. · #90

6′3″ · 305 lb · Pickerington, OH

CFB Index 77 · #44 of 302 interior linemenLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamBuffalo — drafted 2024, Rd 3, Pick 32, #95 overall

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 517 nationally · Signed with Pickerington Central

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive tackle at Duke. 2023: 1 sack, 3.5 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Pickerington Central in 2019.
Drafted round 3 by the Buffalo in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Duke, 118 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #95 overall by Buffalo.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2019

Recruited3-star out of Pickerington Central

202112 games

The role got bigger.

All-ACCthird

202212 games

All-ACCsecond

202313 games

All-ACCfirst

2024

Drafted by Buffaloround 3, pick 95

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#517 national

CFB

College

Duke

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #95

Buffalo · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

3 coaches

2019–2021

David Cutcliffe

Duke

2022

Mike Elko

Duke

era →

2023

Trooper Taylor

Duke

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: David Cutcliffe, Mike Elko, and Trooper Taylor. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BuffaloEntering 3rd NFL season

#95Rd 3 · Pick 32

BuffaloEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Duke5-7HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning

2020Duke2-9HC: David Cutcliffe · Balanced

2021Duke3-9HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Duke9-4HC: Mike Elko · Run-leaning

2023Duke8-5HC: Trooper Taylor · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

77All-Conference level #44 of 302?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (89th percentile). Strength: passes defended (85th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (25th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#230 / 2842 · 89th pct

Passes defended#362 / 2842 · 85th pct

Tackles for loss#904 / 2842 · 66th pct

3.5

Sacks#847 / 2842 · 62nd pct

1.0

Tackles#1113 / 2842 · 60th pct

Forced fumbles#54 / 710 · 46th pct

Solo tackles#2046 / 2842 · 25th pct

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

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	2.6	0.4	0.1	0.5
Road5g	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.9	0.3	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	0.2	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Manny Diaz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

77 · #44 of 302 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #44 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Duke	34	9	3.5	1.0	4	--	--
2022	Duke	35	20	11.0	5.5	2	--	--
2021	Duke	36	13	7.5	4.5	3	--	--
2020	Duke	12	4	2.5	1.0	--	--	--
2019	Duke	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		118	46	24.5	12.0	9	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 28–7

vs Clemson

1 PD

Dominant 21-point win at home against Clemson.

With R. Leonard — 175 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.2 · 98 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · P. Wilson — 53 AVG · 70 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 28-7vs Clemson	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 42-7vs Lafayette	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 38-14vs Northwestern	2	0	0.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 41-7@ UConn	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 14-21vs Notre Dame	3	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 24-3vs NC State	3	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 20-38@ Florida State	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 0-23@ Louisville	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 24-21vs Wake Forest	8	3	1.0	0.5	—	1	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 11	L 45-47@ North Carolina	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 27-30@ Virginia	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 30-19vs Pittsburgh	2	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Bowl	W 17-10vs Troy	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		34	9	3.5	1.0	—	4

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

DeWayne Carter

2019

202112 games

202212 games

202313 games

2024

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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