Last confirmed: Georgia, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′6″ · 243 lb · Norcross, GA
Lorenzo Carter: OLB · Georgia · #7.
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Lorenzo Carter
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Second year in the Georgia linebacker corps. A game that shows it: 10 tackles and 0.5 sacks against Oklahoma — Bowl, 2017.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
58 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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 him by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 22
247Sports Oct 17
ESPN Oct 11Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-10vs App State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-19@ No. 24 Notre Dame | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-14vs Samford | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | W 31-3vs No. 17 Mississippi State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-0@ Tennessee | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-14@ Vanderbilt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 53-28vs Missouri | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-7@ Florida | 9 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-10vs South Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-13vs Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-7@ Georgia Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 28-7@ No. 4 Auburn | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 54-48@ No. 2 Oklahoma | 10 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 23-26vs No. 4 Alabama | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 58 | 28 | 7.5 | 4.5 | — | 0 |
Week 2 · 2017
W 20-19
at Notre Dame
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 7 tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
58tackles this seasonTFL rate
13%8 TFLSack rate
8%4 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups58 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Kirby Smart — 21-7 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-79g | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirby Smart
Pass share
31.8%
303 pass / 650 run
Plays / game
63.5
15 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
331 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Georgia, 102 tackles — drafted at #66 overall by the New York Giants.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mark Richt → Kirby Smart. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where he ended up · NFL
New York GiantsEntering 9th NFL season
New York GiantsEntering 9th NFL season
