#14

Perry Carter

Senior wide receiver for Jacksonville State. 2023: 38 catches, 687 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Jacksonville State · Sr. · #14

5′10″ · 175 lb · Houston, TX

CFB Index 60 · #132 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceJacksonville State 2023 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Jacksonville State. 2023: 38 catches, 687 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to UL Monroe in 2017.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

ATH recruit

No. 2981 nationally · Signed with UL Monroe

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Jacksonville State, 1,371 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 134 yds at New Mexico State.New Mexico State · L 17-202023

2017

Signed with UL Monroe2-star out of St. Pius X

2021

Entered the portal

2022

Entered the portal

202311 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2981 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

1 coach

2018–2020

—

Jacksonville State

2023

Rich Rodriguez

Jacksonville State

era →

Played his entire career under Rich Rodriguez.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018UL Monroe6-6HC: Matt Viator · Balanced

2019UL Monroe5-7HC: Matt Viator · Balanced

2020UL Monroe0-10HC: Matt Viator · Pass-leaning

2023Jacksonville State9-4HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

60Quality starter #132 of 497?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (92nd percentile). Strength: epa / target (91st percentile). Concern: td rate (25th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#52 / 639 · 92nd pct

25.7%

EPA / target#61 / 639 · 91st pct

1.21

Yards / catch#87 / 639 · 86th pct

16.1

Catch rate#91 / 639 · 86th pct

94.3%

TD rate#475 / 639 · 25th pct

2.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / catch#44 / 566 · 92nd pct

18.1

Rush yards#44 / 294 · 84th pct

Rec yards#113 / 566 · 80th pct

687

Long catch#139 / 566 · 75th pct

Rec TDs#146 / 566 · 69th pct

Receptions#202 / 566 · 63rd pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#93 / 227 · 35th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.4	31.2	11.6	0.0
Road6g	4.3	88.5	22.1	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.1	56.3	17.7	0.4
Weeks 8+4g	4.0	73.2	16.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Charles Kelly

Pass share

43.2%

79 pass / 104 run

Plays / game

61.0

3 games

Team sack rate

4.5%

88 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

60 · #132 of 497 WRs

Two-star recruit. Now #132 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Jacksonville State	38	687	18.1	4	--
2020	UL Monroe	22	312	14.2	2	--
2019	UL Monroe	15	305	20.3	0	--
2018	UL Monroe	5	67	13.4	0	--
Career		80	1,371	17.1	6	--

Season	Team
2023	Jacksonville State	6	40	--	--	--
2020	UL Monroe	5	49	218	31	--
2019	UL Monroe	2	3	68	37	--
2018	UL Monroe	--	--	28	8	--
Career		13	92	314	76	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 49–3

vs East Tennessee State

2 rec · 10 yds

Dominant 46-point win at home against East Tennessee State.

With J. Dawson — 43 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 54 LONG · L. Smothers — 127 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 39.8 · 40 rush yds (14 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · South Carolina · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +5.28Zion Webb pass complete to Perry Carter for 54 yds for a TD (Alen Karajic KICK)
Week 6 · Middle Tennessee · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +5.05Perry Carter 63 Yd pass from Zion Webb (Alen Karajic Kick)
Week 5 · Sam Houston · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.78Perry Carter 28 Yd pass from Logan Smothers (Logan Smothers Pass to Quinton Lane for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 2 · Coastal Carolina · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.69Zion Webb pass complete to Perry Carter for 42 yds to the CCU 31 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Louisiana · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA +3.43Zion Webb pass complete to Perry Carter for 18 yds for a TD (Garrison Rippa KICK)
Week 5 · Sam Houston · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.07Logan Smothers pass complete to Perry Carter for 25 yds to the SHSU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Louisiana · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.87Logan Smothers pass complete to Perry Carter for 25 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Coastal Carolina · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.71Zion Webb pass complete to Perry Carter for 35 yds to the CCU 29 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · New Mexico State · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.58Zion Webb pass complete to Perry Carter for 38 yds to the NMSU 21 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · South Carolina · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.41Zion Webb pass complete to Perry Carter for 8 yds to the JVST 49 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week