Todd Carter
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Flint, Michigan, U.S.
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| Position | Placekicker |
| Personal information | |
| Born | June 7, 1986 Flint, Michigan, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Carman-Ainsworth (Flint Township, Michigan) |
| College | Grand Valley State |
| NFL draft | 2009: undrafted |
| Career history | |
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Todd Carter (born June 7, 1986) is an American former professional football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football for the Grand Valley State Lakers.
He was also a member of the St. Louis Rams and Kansas City Chiefs.
He was born on June 7, 1986, to Ed and Ruth Carter in Flint, Michigan.[1] Growing up, he preferred soccer to football, but in his senior year of high school at Carman-Ainsworth High School, "One of the football coaches was my math teacher. He had asked another soccer player in the class to kick, and the other kid was like, ‘Todd kicks the crap out of the ball,'" Carter said. "It just happened from there." Following his senior season, he was offered the opportunity to walk-on to either the University of Michigan football team or the Michigan State University football team, but instead opted to accept a scholarship to Grand Valley State University.[2]
College career
In college, Carter played for the Grand Valley State University football team from 2005 to 2008. As a true freshman in 2004, he was redshirted. In 2005, he was mostly a kickoff specialist for the team, before becoming the kicker on both field goals and extra points from 2006 to 2008.[3] During his career, he converted 27 of 41 field goal attempts and 173 of 189 extra point attempts.[4] Brandon Carr and Dan Skuta were both teammates of Carter's at both Grand Valley State and in high school at Carman-Ainsworth in Flint.