Last confirmed: Kentucky, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · 289 lb · Mableton, GA · Whitefield Academy
TJ Carter: DE · Kentucky · #90.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
TJ Carter
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Fourth year in the Kentucky defensive front. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against South Carolina — Week 5, 2019.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 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.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-24vs Toledo | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-17vs Eastern Michigan | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-29vs No. 9 Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-28@ Mississippi State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-24@ South Carolina | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 24-20vs Arkansas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 0-21@ No. 10 Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 29-7vs Missouri | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-17vs Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-14@ Vanderbilt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 50-7vs UT Martin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-13vs Louisville | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 37-30vs Virginia Tech | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 17 | 6.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Bowl · 2019
W 37-30
vs Virginia Tech · neutral site
1 tackle for loss · 5 tackles · 2 hurries
Edged out Virginia Tech at a neutral site in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
8%2 sacksTFL rate
23%6 TFLHurry rate
15%4 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
33%2 of 6 pressures26 tackles · 6 for loss · 2 sacks.
4 seasons under Mark Stoops — 32-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Stoops
Pass share
31.3%
257 pass / 564 run
Plays / game
63.2
13 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
288 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Kentucky, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 40 games over 4 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mark Stoops.
