2014 season After
redshirting his
2013 freshman season at Clemson, Carter made his collegiate debut as a redshirt freshman on September 6, 2014, against
South Carolina State, logging one
tackle. He played in 12 games, accruing three total tackles (two solo, one assisted), that season as Clemson earned a
10-3 record and defeated the
Oklahoma Sooners in the
2014 Russell Athletic Bowl at the
Orlando Citrus Bowl in
Orlando, Florida. He defended in coverage on 168 of 247 total defensive
snaps, allowing 15 receptions on 30 targets. On September 22, 2016, Carter recorded his first career
sack against
Georgia Tech. On November 5, 2016, he recorded his first career
interception in Clemson's 54–0 win over
Syracuse. Carter started at cornerback for Clemson in the
2016 ACC Championship Game against
Virginia Tech, where he recorded four tackles (two solo) and one pass defended en route to Clemson's 42–35 win, ACC Championship title, and berth in the 2016 College Football Playoff. In the College Football Playoff semifinal game, the
2016 Fiesta Bowl, against
Ohio State, he recorded one solo tackle in Clemson's 31-0 blowout win that clinched a berth in the national championship game. The following week, in the
2017 College Football Playoff National Championship Game against
Alabama, Carter started at cornerback and recorded one solo tackle to help Clemson to a 35–31 win and become the 2017 college football national champions. He played 400 of 649 total defensive snaps in coverage, allowing only 26 receptions on 57 targets and a 51.1
passer rating allowed.
2017 season Carter's Clemson teammates voted him
team captain as a senior. He continued in his starting cornerback role on Clemson's defense. On November 4, 2017, against
North Carolina State, Carter recorded his first interception of the season, along with three pass breakups, four tackles, and one tackle for loss. A week later, in the
ACC Championship Game, he intercepted
Miami Hurricane quarterback,
Malik Rosier, in the third quarter of Clemson's blowout 38–3 victory over Miami. Carter finished his senior campaign with 14 games started at cornerback, 33 tackles (28 solo, two tackles for loss), 10 passes defended (tied for 10th-most in the
ACC), three interceptions (tied for 11th-most in the ACC), one forced fumble, and one touchdown (INT return). Playing over 500 snaps at cornerback and over 100 snaps at nickelback, he dropped into coverage on 383 of 698 total defensive snaps, allowing only 25 receptions on 55 targets with a 40.5 passer rating allowed as a senior. After entering college as a two-star recruit out of high school, Carter played in 55 games in his college career, the third-most games played in Clemson program history.
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