WR Drew Carter (Oakland Raiders)

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

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5/21/06

Carter has moved into the #3 wide receiver slot.

[osugrad21]

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5/29

The Panthers are sorting out who is going to be the third wide receiver behind starters Steve Smith and Keyshawn Johnson, and it could come down to Drew Carter vs. Keary Colbert. Carter made large strides at the end of last season and continued to please the coaches in the recent minicamp. Colbert, who inexplicably disappeared last year after a promising rookie season, sat out with a leg injury. Colbert cannot afford to get too far behind.

[osugrad21]

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Carter Shines
If there was a star of mini-camp, it had to be wide receiver Drew Carter, who scored at least five touchdowns while making some terrific downfield receptions.

[OregonBuckeye]

Great to hear! I hope he has a breakout year and beats out Keyshawn for the #2 spot.

[smith10ginn7]

nice

He made some big plays in the playoffs last year and made sure Steve Smith wasnt the only option, now with all the attention on Smith and Keyshawn both, Carter can have a breakout year and become a pretty good NFL WR.

[ShakerBuck]

I just pray he is able to stay healthy for a full season, the guy has perservered through so much adversity and always came back.

Truly inspiring, but he has never been able to really put it together for a full season and put up the huge numbers he is capable of...hopefully this year he does.

he reminds me of the D-wade commecial ...get knocked down 7 times get up 8..

[osugrad21]

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Can WR Carter be Panther's X-factor this season?


The Associated Press
Published June 8, 2006
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Plenty of attention will be paid this season to Steve Smith and Keyshawn Johnson, the Carolina Panthers two starting wide receivers.

But backup wide receiver Drew Carter could end up the biggest surprise in 2006 for the Panthers.

The third-year player from Ohio State missed his rookie season with a knee injury but excelled at the end of last year, proving he has the speed to be a deep threat for the Panthers.

That's especially helpful considering that defenses will likely focus their attention on Carolina's dynamic duo of Smith and Johnson.

"Like the coaches say, I feel like I'm kind of the X-factor," said Carter, who is battling for Carolina's No. 3 receiver spot with two-year starter Keary Colbert. "I'm kind of like the quiet guy. I hope people are going to be like, 'Who is this guy who is making the big catches?'"

That's what Carolina fans were saying at the end of last season. Early last summer the media buzzed about the speed and big-play ability Carter displayed in the preseason, but the coaching staff didn't think he was quite ready, so they made him inactive for 13 games.

When Carter saw his first action against the New Orleans Saints in Week 15, he caught a 40-yard strike down the middle from Jake Delhomme on the third play of the game. He caught five passes for 103 yards in the final three games with one touchdown. Carter then accounted for Carolina's only offensive score in a 34-14 NFC Championship loss to the Seattle Seahawks on a 47-yard touchdown reception.

Carter has made several big plays already in the team's summer school practice sessions, although those practices are without pads. Still, his speed even caught Johnson's eye.

"I think for a fifth-round draft pick, they probably stole something if he can stay healthy," Johnson said. "He's pretty polished for a fifth-rounder. I'm not a general manager. I don't pick the talent. But I can sense he's a player with some ability. ... Based on what I've seen in T-shirts and shorts, he looks pretty good to me."

Panthers coach John Fox has thought that for a while.

"For a guy who sat out two years of football to come in during a playoff run, he made some big plays for us," coach John Fox said. "Again, he's a young player that we're developing. Where that ends up I think is too early to tell."

Colbert had a disappointing season in 2005, but that could be attributed to playing most of the season with bone spurs and chips in his right ankle. He will be Carter's biggest competition for playing time.

"We've got a pretty good corps at receiver. It's going to be up to those guys" to determine who plays, Fox said. "We're going to put them in competitive situations as we move forward and we'll see."

Carter's biggest attribute is his speed. He's the fastest player on the team, running in the 40-yard dash in the low 4.3's last year.

Coaches feel that if Carter can improve his route running and pass catching he will be tough to handle, especially when teams attempt to cover him one-on-one. "I feel real confident about that I can outrun most DBs," Carter said. "There are some great DBs out there, but I feel like I can challenge them."

[jwinslow]

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Drew Carter was named player of the week.

[BGriffBuckeye]

Carter may have a chance at some big time PT as a starter if Smith's hamstring injury lingers.

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

CNNSI.com

8/10/06

NFL Training Camp Battles

Panthers Wide Receiver
Keary Colbert (third) vs. Drew Carter (third)

Colbert (right) flopped as a starter last year and is now fighting the up-and-coming Carter for the No. 3 spot behind Keyshawn Johnson and Steve Smith.

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8/11/06

Panthers' Carter puzzled with former teammate Clarett

MIKE CRANSTON

Associated Press

SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Carolina Panthers receiver Drew Carter said he has sympathy for his troubled former Ohio State teammate, Maurice Clarett.
"It's sad, I feel bad for him," Carter said Thursday, a day after Clarett was arrested following a chase with police. Authorities said four loaded guns were found in Clarett's sport utility vehicle.
Carter was a reserve on the 2002 Buckeyes team that won the national championship on Clarett's winning touchdown run in the second overtime of the Fiesta Bowl against Miami.
He started as a senior in 2003, but Clarett was suspended for the season after being charged with falsifying a police report.
Clarett eventually dropped out of school and was cut by the Denver Broncos before the 2005 season.
"The only thing I can think about is he was my teammate," said Carter, who hasn't spoken to Clarett since the 2004 college combine. "He was a good guy when I was there with him and he was a team guy."
Clarett was also arrested in January and charged with robbery and carrying a concealed weapon.
"I would figure that sooner or later he'd figure it out, but unfortunately he hasn't," Carter said. "Hopefully he'll get it soon."
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WILLIAMS VS. FOSTER: While DeShaun Foster is the Panthers' No. 1 running back, rookie DeAngelo Williams is expected to eventually challenge for the job.
But it hasn't affected their relationship, as the two took friendly shots at each other while talking to reporters Thursday.
"Every game he comes onto the field he's always holding his stomach, so I call him 'Krispy Kreme' and 'Fat Boy,'" Williams said.
Told of his nickname on the way to the cafeteria for lunch, Foster spun around and said, "That is a lie! Hold on." He then darted toward Williams before returning to a group of reporters.
"Most short people have complexes," Foster said of the 5-foot-9 Williams.
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ROOKIE NIGHT: Williams served as master of ceremonies for Wednesday's annual rookie night, when first-year players put on skits and sing for the veterans. Williams wore a wig and fake teeth as he played the role of a pimp.
Tight end Michael Gaines, a master impersonator and aspiring musician, gave it a thumbs down.
"It didn't top my rookie class," Gaines said. "I'm very disappointed in DeAngelo. It just wasn't good at all.
"I set the standard for the rookie show three years ago. Nobody came close to that."
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QUICK HITS: Quarterback Jake Delhomme did not throw in the morning practice Thursday as he continues to rest his arm. ... Receiver Steve Smith missed his 12th straight day with a strained left hamstring. ... Receiver Efrem Hill continues to turn heads in camp, making an impressive deep catch over the middle in the morning workout. ... The Panthers are to practice Friday morning before returning to Charlotte for Saturday's preseason opener against Buffalo.

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Carter will try to seize the play

SCOTT FOWLER


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Panthers wide receiver Drew Carter runs upfield after making a pass reception during practice.

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The Carolina Panthers won't be able to keep Drew Carter off the field this season.
All you have to do is watch a few Panthers practices to see that. Which is odd, because for most of Carter's NFL career, he has hardly touched the field. He spent all of 2004 on injured reserve with a serious knee injury (he has had three major knee surgeries in his career). He spent most of 2005 healthy, but waiting his turn.
But as the Panthers enter their first exhibition tonight at home against Buffalo, Carter will be one of the offense's most intriguing spices.
Carter is "probably 100 times more confident than he was last year," Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme says. And Carter wasn't bad last year when he finally played. He's tall (6-foot-3) and faster than everyone on the team except for, possibly, Steve Smith.
Carter's first NFL reception was a 40-yarder. In six NFL games, he also has a 32-yard touchdown catch (against Dallas) and a 47-yarder (late in the NFC Championship, against Seattle) to his credit.
With so little experience, you probably understand that Carter gets impatient. He is go-go-go, sometimes forgetting that go-slow-go is a more effective way to get open.
"You don't want to rush everything," Carter says. "Sometimes, I run full-speed every time on every route. I watch Steve and Keyshawn (Johnson) and they don't do that, but they still get open. I've got to learn patience."
He also knew at the end of last season that he must get stronger. Although Carter is listed at 208 pounds, he looks thin. Much of his offseason was devoted to increasing his upper-body strength.
"That's one reason Drew has been a real bright spot so far in camp," says Richard Williamson, the wide receivers coach who has been a Panthers' assistant since the team's inception.
Carter doesn't expect to start behind Smith and Johnson. He's locked in a battle with the resurgent Keary Colbert for the third wideout spot. Colbert is also Carter's roommate at training camp in Spartanburg. Both have to learn what route every wide receiver runs on every play, since they could fill in at any position.
"We do a lot of reviewing in our dorm room," Carter says.
But isn't that weird, trying to help the guy who might take a lot of your playing time?
"I don't think so," Colbert says. "It's not really about who's the third wide receiver and who's the fourth to us. All four of us will be expected to make plays."
Carter can certainly do that. He counts his TD catch over Dallas safety Roy Williams as his favorite one so far -- he punctuated it with a lefty dunk over the goalpost. He's obviously a home-run threat, averaging 26 yards per catch last season overall (including the playoffs).
But Carter also got his hands on some balls last season that he didn't haul in. That's another area he must work on. He'd like to be an everyday threat and not just run deep routes all the time.
"Make some plays," Carter says. "Do something good. That's all I want."
Count on that. It's going to happen.

Drew also had 3 catches, 20 yrds, 1 TD in the game last night.

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WR Carter again providing instant offense
August 14,2006
Steve Reed

FREEDOM NEWS SERVICE CHARLOTTE — Instant offense.
That’s what the Carolina Panthers might be calling wide receiver Drew Carter by the end of the season.
On his first play Saturday night, Carter reminded fans of why the team is so high on this former fifth-round draft pick from Ohio State, catching a 14-yard touchdown pass from Jake Delhomme in tight traffic to give Carolina an early 7-0 lead against the Buffalo Bills in the team’s preseason opener at Bank of America Stadium.
“We work on that every day in practice,” Carter said. “When I’m in there and I get my chance, I have to make big plays. I wanted to come out here and make a statement and that is what I plan on doing. It just feels good to be out here and I feel blessed.”
If it seems like you’ve seen that kind of instant offense from Carter before, you’re right.
On the first play of his first NFL regular season game last season, Carter stepped in and caught a 40-yard pass from Delhomme against New Orleans Saints. That earned Carter significant playing time down the stretch and into the postseason, where he accounted for Carolina’s only offensive touchdown in a 34-14 NFC Championship game loss to Seattle.
Here’s the scary part for Carolina’s opponents – Carter is the Panthers’ No. 4 receiver.
With Steve Smith, Keyshawn Johnson and Keary Colbert all playing ahead of Carter, the Panthers suddenly seem to have the deepest receiving corps in the league.
Amazing, considering that was once considered perhaps the team’s biggest weakness.
“All four of us are working hard and we wanted to come out and show everyone we’re ready to play,” said Carter. “We drove the ball down the field on the first drive and scored and that felt pretty good.”
For now, Carter is content with his role, willing to do whatever the Panthers want to him to. Carter is one of those rare wide receivers who doesn’t have a chip on his shoulder.
He’s well aware that when Smith returns to the lineup, this is basically his team and he’s just there to help and provide that instant offense when called upon.
“We’re just holding down the fort until Steve gets back,” Carter said. “When we get him back we’re going to be even better.”
Carter had two touchdown passes in last year’s preseason, but said they don’t compare to the catch on Saturday night.
“Last year I think those catches came in the fourth quarter, so the first play, the first drive, that feels really good. It was definitely good to be out there with the ones,” Carter said.
Carter is quietly emerging into a potential NFL star.
He’s done it through hard work, relying upon his blazing 4.3-second speed and by picking the brains of the veteran receivers around him.
“Having Keyshawn here has been great for me,” Carter said. “He’s a good player and a good coach. He tells me a lot of stuff he knows as a veteran.
“Steve and Keyshawn like to talk, and I like to listen, so it works out pretty good.”
Now it just seems Carter is doing his talking on the field.

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Originally Posted by osugrad21

“Steve and Keyshawn like to talk, and I like to listen, so it works out pretty good.”
Now it just seems Carter is doing his talking on the field.

[AirForceBuck]

They are currently showing the Carolina vs. Buffalo game on NFLNetwork. When Im neither a fan other either team, I usually root for the team with a Buckeye player. Kinda hard to with with this matchup. The Bills have Tim Anderson, Donte Whitner, Ashton Youboty and Nate Clements. While Carolina is sporting Na'il Diggs, Chris Gamble, Drew Carter and Nate Salley.

Carter is looking impressive in the game. He is showing the coaching staff that when the ball is needing to be thrown to the outside and deep, hes the man to go to. I wouldnt be suprised if becomes the #3 by midseason. If he continues to improve, I can see him being traded to a team to be a #2 reciever somewhere.