Michael Carter

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

Photo by: Grant Halverson

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Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

Position:
Running Back
Height:
5-10
Weight:
200
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Navarre, Fla.
High School:
Navarre

2020 - Senior Season

Started all 11 games he appeared in at running back • Voted team captain • Earned the Eddie & Jo Allison Clary Smith Strength & Conditioning Award for Outstanding Lifter • Paul Hornung Award Finalist • PFF All-America First Team (RB) • AP All-America Team (Third Team) • All-ACC First Team (RB) • All-ACC Third Team (All-Purpose) • Walter Camp National FBS Player of the Week (12/14) • PFF National Team of the Week (10/12, 12/14) • ACC Running Back of the Week (10/12, 11/16, 12/14) • Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll (10/12, 10/26, 11/9) • Doak Walker Award Watch List • Set a school record with a 6.62 yards per rush average for a career (min. 300 rushes) • Finished fourth in UNC history with 3,404 career rushing yards • Led the ACC with 113.2 rushing yards per game and 8.0 yards per rush (new program record) • Second in ACC with 151.6 all-purpose yards per game • Led the nation with 18 rushes of 20+ yards • Named to PFF Team of the Week against Syracuse with 78 rushing yards on seven carries and 178 all-purpose yards (78 rush, 60 receiving, 40 kick) • Rushed for 121 yards at Boston College • Named ACC RB of the Week after notching first career 200+ yard rushing game with career high 214 yards and scored 2 TDs vs. Virginia Tech • Had 176 all-purpose yards (106 rush, 46 receiving, 24 kick) against NC State • Had 136 all-purpose yards (85 rush, 46 receiving) and scored a rushing and receiving TD at Duke • Named ACC Running Back of the Week after producing 150 all-purpose yards (74 rush, 55 receiving, 21 kick) and a 46-yard receiving TD against Wake Forest • Gained 73 rushing yards and scored three rushing TDs on Senior Day against Western Carolina • Ran for a career-high 308 yards (second most in a game at UNC) on 24 carries at No. 9 Miami • The 308 yards were the fourth most in a game in ACC history.

2019 - Junior Season

Appeared in 13 games, making 12 starts • Third-team All-ACC running back & honorable mention All-ACC at all-purpose • On pace to set a school record with a 6.03 yards per rush average for a career (min. 300 rushes) • 15th in UNC history with 2,159 career rushing yards • 17 career TDs (13 rush, 4 receiving) • Led UNC in 2019 with 1,003 rushing yards • Fifth in the ACC with 77.2 rushing yards per game and fourth in all-purpose yards (124.8) • Led the team and ranked fourth in the ACC in all-purpose yards with 1,623 • Ran for 77 yards against South Carolina • Had team-high 96 yards rushing (7.4 ypc) on 13 carries and scored an 11-yard receiving TD at Wake Forest • Notched an 11-yard TD reception and a career-long 75 yard kickoff return against App State • Had a game-high 99 yards on 16 carries versus Clemson • Had a season-high 185 (68 rush, 52 receiving, 65 kick return) all-purpose yards against Georgia Tech • Ran for 91 yards (7.0 ypc) at Virginia Tech • Had 64 yards on the ground and 121 all-purpose yards against Duke • Ran for 87 yards on 14 carries against Virginia • Had 117 all-purpose yards at Pitt (78 kick, 34 rush, 7 receiving) • Ran for season-high 159 yards and scored career-high 3 rushing TDs against Mercer • Had 153 all-purpose yards at NC State (97 rush, 41 kick, 15 receiving) • Rushed for 84 yards and had 34 kick-return yards for 120 all-purpose yards against Temple in the Military Bowl.

2018 - Sophomore Season

Appeared in nine games, starting three, at running back • Posted 597 yards and two TDs on 84 carries and caught 25 passes for 135 yards and a TD • Opened the season with six carries for 28 yards and four receptions for 36 yards and a TD • Rushed for 75 yards on seven carries and caught three passes at Miami • Exploded for 165 yards on 18 carries against Virginia Tech to earn ACC Running Back of the Week honors • Rushed for 24 yards and caught three passes at Syracuse • Added 42 rushing yards and a TD and two catches for 18 yards at Virginia • Rushed for 68 yards on 10 carries and caught two passes versus Georgia Tech • Tallied 148 yards and a TD on 18 carries and 32 yards on eight catches at Duke • Added 45 yards on six carries against Western Carolina.

2017 - True Freshman Season

Appeared in 11 games and made a pair of starts • Scored a team-leading eight rushing TDs • Finished with 559 yards on 97 carries, averaging a team-high 5.8 yards per carry • Caught 11 balls for 100 yards and one TD • Rushed eight times for 28 yards and had 51 yards through the air on four catches against NC State • Reached 100 rushing yards for the second time in his career, finishing with 103 yards on 16 carries in the win over WCU • Also tallied his team-high eighth rushing TD of the season • Returned against Pitt and rushed six times for 24 yards • Missed the Miami game due to injury • Made his first career start and finished with a career-best 157 yards on 13 carries against Virginia • Also had a pair of TDs against the Cavaliers • Had four carries for 25 yards and a 5-yard reception against Notre Dame • Caught his first two career passes against Duke • Rushed 14 times for 68 yards and two scores in the win at ODU • Scored five times in first four games • Had eight carries for 15 yards and a TD against Louisville • In his UNC debut, rushed 11 times for 94 yards and two TDs against Cal • In addition to the scoring runs, broke a 47-yard run to put Carolina into the Cal red zone for the first time, then completed the drive with a 2-yard TD run • Added a second score later in the first half with an acrobatic dive to the pylon to finish a 9-yard TD run.

Navarre High School

USA Today Florida Offensive Player of the Year • Named 6A Mr. Football by the Florida Dairy Farmers Association• Ranked the No. 49 running back in the country, No. 23 in the South and No. 9 in Florida by Scout.com • Posted 3,345 all-purpose yards, including 2,536 rushing yards, and scored 45 TDs as a senior • One of his senior season highlights was scoring a single-game record seven TDs against rival American Heritage while rushing for 331 yards and accumulating 179 return yards • Helped lead Navarre to a 12-2 record and a berth in the state semifinals • Rushed for 526 yards and nine TDs in less than three games as a junior before suffering a season-ending knee injury • Coached by Jay Walls.

Personal

Son of Suzette Ellington and Tony Carter • Birthday is May 7.