WR Cris Carter (All B1G, All-American, 8x Pro Bowler, 3x All Pro, NFL HOF)

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Updated: July 9th, 2013
Writing Hall of Fame speech a bit 'nerve-racking' for Cris Carter
by Nate Sandell
1500ESPN.com

MINNEAPOLIS -- Former Vikings star receiver Cris Carter had to wait six years before finally earning a spot in the NFL Hall of Fame.

In the five months since the announcement was made, Carter has had a chance to reflect and enjoy the build-up to officially reaching the NFL's pinnacle of individual success. Now the moment when he sees his bronze Hall of Fame bust unveiled at the induction ceremony in Canton, Ohio is less than four weeks away.

It's a good thing he still has a little longer to wait, as a crucial piece of his induction is still a work in progress.

"I've been thinking about my speech, but it hasn't come to me yet," Carter said with slightly exasperated grin on Tuesday, back in Minnesota to attend Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald's pro offseason workouts this week at the University of Minnesota.

"It's really nerve-racking. I don't know what I'm going to do. You have a limited amount of time, you've got a lot of people you have to thank. I'm very excited about what's going to happen, excited about the process."

Ranked fourth in NFL history in career receptions (1,101), Carter is the 16th player in Vikings history to make it to the Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony is being held on Aug. 3.

Carter is serving as a mentor and coach at Fitzgerald's workouts before hosting his yearly youth football skills camp on Friday.

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'Carters Don't Quit' -- Cris didn't en route to NFL Hall of Fame
Article by: MARK CRAIG , Star Tribune
Updated: July 27, 2013

Cris Carter has landed in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as one of the most productive and technically sound wide receivers in NFL history. His story certainly could have had a much different ending.

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio

Cris Carter, Sharpie in hand, is standing outside Apartment B at the old People?s Place Apartments on Lafayette Avenue, a poor section in this proud but tired-looking steel town of 50,000 in southwest Ohio. ? The nearby residents who were staring through windows have moved outside. They?re inching closer to the famous face of the former Vikings receiver-turned-ESPN analyst. They?re curious about the two luxury limo vans and the traveling party, which includes an NFL Network crew that?s working on a documentary about Carter?s rags-to-riches journey from this very stoop to Canton, Ohio, and the Pro Football Hall of Fame some 242 fate-filled miles away. ? Jacob Wilder and Jenny Claudio now rent Apartment B. Until Carter knocked on their door, they had no idea that Joyce Carter-Stafford had raised her seven children using these four small bedrooms, an even smaller paycheck and an iron will that grew only stronger when her husband, Clarence, left her and those seven kids to fend for themselves. ? Wilder and Claudio have asked Carter, the sixth of Joyce?s seven kids, to sign their front door. Carter surveys where he?s going to sign, joking that the door is about to become very valuable. ? ?That?s OK,? Wilder says. ?We?re going to take it with us when we move.?

On Feb. 2 ? Groundhog Day, fittingly ? Carter?s annual Hall of Fame heartbreak turned to tearful jubilation when the former Philadelphia Eagle, Viking and Miami Dolphin was selected in his sixth year of eligibility and sixth year as a finalist. He?ll be enshrined on Saturday, taking with him two of the greatest hands in league history and a highlight reel of precise route running, acrobatic leaps and his signature skill: two big toes perfectly trained to hug the last blade of grass between No. 80 and the sideline.

Carter?s 16-year career ended in 2002, yet he still ranks fourth in catches (1,101) and receiving touchdowns (130) and ninth in receiving yards (13,899). He?s the fourth Viking in five years to reach the Hall of Fame.

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http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/217253451.html

Chart: The Cris Carter File

Updated: July 27, 2013

about CRIS CARTER

Born: Nov. 25, 1965, in Troy, Ohio. Grew up in Middletown, Ohio

Vitals: Wide receiver, 6 feet 3, 210 pounds

College: Ohio State. Carter, ineligible for his senior season because he signed with an agent, was taken by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth round of the 1987 NFL supplementary draft.
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Family: Carter lives in Boca Raton, Fla., with his wife, Melanie. They have two children, Duron and Monterae. Duron, who had a tryout with the Vikings this spring, will be Cris? presenter. Carter?s brother, Butch, is a former NBA player.

Current occupation: Football analyst for ESPN, HBO and Yahoo! Sports. Carter is also an ordained minister.

Holds Vikings records with 1,004 receptions, 110 touchdowns and 12,383 receiving yards.

Awards

2

All-Pro first team

consecutive Pro Bowls (1993-2000)

NFL All-Decade Team of the 1990s

NFL Man of the Year (1999)

Vikings Ring of Honor (2003)

NFL teams (16 seasons)

Philadelphia (1987-89)

Vikings (1990-2001) Miami (2002)

PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2013

Others in his HOF class: Larry Allen, Curley Culp, Jonathan Ogden, Bill Parcells, Dave Robinson, Warren Sapp.

Statistics: 234 games, 1,101 receptions, 13,899 yards, 130 touchdowns. When he retired, he ranked second in NFL history in catches and touchdowns.

http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/217253301.html

 

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Cris Carter considered a basketball career - once
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By Matthew Rink
CantonRep.com staff writer
Posted Jul 29, 2013

Cris Carter considered following in his older brother?s footsteps by pursuing a professional basketball career. Louisville, Duke and Kentucky recruited him to play college hoops.

Cris Carter didn?t know if he was going to stick with football. Bill Conley was Carter?s high school coach in Middletown and followed him to Ohio State to serve as an assistant coach under Earle Bruce. Conley will never forget sitting with Carter on the steps of the high school, telling him to keep his options open.

?I said, ?Listen, Cris, you?re going to be a junior,?? Conley recalls. ?You?ve got to keep all doors open.?

He had good reason to chase a basketball career.

His oldest brother Clarence ?Butch? Carter starred at Indiana. He hit the game-winning shot when the Hoosiers won the 1979 NIT championship and was a co-captain when Indiana won the 1980 Big Ten title. He was the 37th overall pick by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1980 NBA Draft and played six years with four teams, averaging 8.7 points per game for his career. He went on to serve as head coach of the Toronto Raptors from 1998 to 2000.

Not surprisingly, Cris Carter looked up to his big brother.

?He set a standard athletically in our house on how to work at it,? Cris Carter said. ?That?s what I learned from him. Different drills. How to do things different than your teammates. Train in silence. Train when no one?s watching. That?s the kind of player you are.?

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Snowstorm helped Buckeyes land Cris Carter
By Matthew Rink
CantonRep.com staff writer
Posted Jul 29, 2013

His senior year of high school, Cris Carter was heavily recruited by major colleges, including the University of Southern California. A snowstorm, however, kept USC recruiters at bay. They never made the flight to Cincinnati.

Carter ended up at Ohio State ? and eventually made USC regret not catching a flight to Ohio.

Carter cracked the starting lineup under Head Coach Earle Bruce?s Buckeyes a few games into his freshman season in 1984. Carter began to impress and the Buckeyes? 9-2 record earned them a Rose Bowl berth against USC.

Assistant Coach Bill Conley, who coached Carter?s high school team before following him to Ohio State, recalls standing on the sidelines in Pasadena when he was approached by one of the Trojans? assistant coaches.

?I wished I had stayed an extra night and flown into Cincinnati,? the assistant told Conley. It was Norv Turner.

Carter also recalls an important pregame handshake with Ahmad Rashad, the broadcaster and former football standout.

?When he shook my hand and introduced himself to me, I really had a feeling that day I was going to be the best player on the field,? he said. ?It was one of those days.?

The 20 bowl practices leading up to the game ?changed my whole game,? Carter said, because the team was throwing the ball a lot. When the Buckeyes fell behind early, they were forced to throw the ball more.

Carter, who wore No. 2 at Ohio State, went on to have a breakout game on a national stage. He finished with nine catches for 172 yards, a Rose Bowl receiving record, in a 20-17 loss to the Trojans.

?That game put him on the map,? Conley said. ?Back then, teams weren?t on television as often. That one then put him in the national spotlight.

It was a dream game for Carter.

?Growing up a Buckeye fan, you dream of going to the Rose Bowl and playing against a team like USC, a team that recruited me heavily and a team I had a lot of desire to play for,? he said.

Carter finished the season with 41 catches for 648 yards and eight touchdowns. Two years later, as a junior in 1986, Carter?s 69 catches for 1127 yards and 11 touchdowns ? school records ? earned him first-team All-America honors.

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Carter comes full-circle as Ohio native with enshrinement

By MIKE KEATING The Review Published: July 30, 2013

CANTON -- Cris Carter will be formally recognized for his professional football career in the same state where he developed his gridiron talent.

Carter, who is scheduled for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Northeast Ohio Saturday, burst onto the gridiron spotlight at Middletown High School, located in Southwest Ohio.

Bill Conley, currently head football coach at Ohio Dominican University and formerly an assistant at Ohio State, took over the Middletown gridiron program in 1982, when Carter was entering his junior season.

Conley, who accepted the Middletown late in Carter's sophomore year, inherited an athlete talented in football and basketball who was leaning toward hoops.

"His brother Butch played basketball at Middletown (graduating in 1976 after earning All-Ohio honors as a 6-5 guard) and Cris also was a very good basketball player, but I sat down with him after I got the job and told him he needed to keep the doors open for both," said Conley in a telephone conversation from Columbus Monday.

Conley understood the Middletown culture at the time, where football and basketball coaches shared athletes, and he respected it. After watching Carter perform in drills held in front of the high school, Conley saw immense potential.

"We did one drill where guys were running through ropes," Conley quipped. "Several guys fell down, while Cris breezed through it. I also noticed he threw the football well, but he also had a really good vertical (jump). We found out quickly he was a special guy."

Through the power of persuasion, Conley enticed Carter to take football seriously and the player took the coach at his word.

"He had talent, but he also worked hard," Conley added.

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Carter was ?cut above? the other athletes
By Rick McCrabb

Staff Writer

MIDDLETOWN ?

Cris Carter made the right decision.

As a two-sport athlete who earned six varsity letters at Middletown High School, Carter, whose 6-foot-2 frame and leaping ability made him an ideal wide receiver on the football field and a guard on the basketball court, had to decide which sport to play in college.

In the end, he said, the decision was simple: He had a better chance to be the next Lynn Swann than Isiah Thomas.

And fittingly, on Saturday, Carter will join Swann, a wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers, in the Professional Football Hall of Fame in Canton when he?s inducted with the rest of the Class of 2013: Larry Allen, Curley Culp, Jonathan Ogden, Bill Parcells, Dave Robinson and Warren Sapp.

If he had taken a different career path ? gone to college on a basketball scholarship instead of Ohio State University on a football scholarship ? Carter could be getting inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame and joining Thomas. People say Carter, arguably one of the best athletes ever from Middletown High School, was that talented.

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Ohio State?s Cris Carter conquered ?dark chapter? on road to Pro Football Hall of Fame
By Marla Ridenour
Beacon Journal sports columnists
Published: July 30, 2013

KRT SPORTS STORY SLUGGED: CARDINALS-VIKINGS KRT PHOTO BY JOHN DOMAN/ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS (November 12) MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- Minnesota's Cris Carter pulls in a touchdown pass in front of Arizona's Corey Chavous in the Viking's 31-14 victory Sunday, November 12, 2000. (SP) PL KD BL 2000 (Vert) (gsb)

Chris Spielman argues frequently that Cris Carter, not Jerry Rice, is the greatest NFL receiver of all time.

Spielman, who played with Carter for three years at Ohio State and against him for 10 of Carter?s 16 seasons in the league, means no disrespect to Rice or any other hall of famer. But Spielman feels that strongly about Carter, who ranked second in career receptions (1,101) and touchdowns (130) when he retired after the 2002 season.

?I would say he is the best wide receiver I ever played with or played against,? Spielman said of Carter. ?The guy I knew would never drop a ball. If I saw it going his direction when we were playing the Vikings, I said, ?Hopefully we?ll knock it down before it gets to him. If it comes within a 6-inch radius, he?s going get it.? ?

William White, Carter?s roommate at Ohio State who played defensive back for 11 years in the NFL, sounds as if he would jump into any verbal fray with Spielman.

?If you put Cris Carter with Joe Montana for 15 years, what do you think he would have done?? said White, whose days trying to cover Carter date to high school, when Carter played football and basketball at Middletown and White did the same at Lima Senior. ?I would rather guard Jerry Rice than Cris Carter.?

But when Carter becomes the 22nd modern-era receiver inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday night at Fawcett Stadium, those who honor Carter won?t talk just about his numbers and leaping ability and acrobatic catches. They will laud him for conquering problems with cocaine, marijuana and alcohol that led to him being cut by Philadelphia Eagles coach Buddy Ryan after the 1989 season.

Even Carter?s entry into the NFL carried some scandal. He was selected in the fourth round of the 1987 supplemental draft after it was learned he took money from an agent while at Ohio State.

?The thing people should know, that kids should know, is that you can have a dark chapter in your life, but it doesn?t have to be the final chapter,? Carter, now an ESPN analyst, said during a telephone interview Monday. ?You have to make choices in life. If you want better results, don?t keep doing the same thing.?

Spielman said he admires Carter for ?beating the odds.?

?A lot of guys who have struggled with what he struggled with, a lot of times they fall off the face of the earth,? Spielman, now an ESPN college football analyst, said in a telephone interview last week. ?I like the fact Cris never blamed it on anybody but himself. For him to almost throw everything away, to resurrect his career and become a hall of famer is a credit to him and to the people around him who gave him that second chance.?

Carter?s roommate at Ohio State for 18 months, White said Carter was the best man in his wedding. They are godparents for each other?s children. White said he tried to help Carter conquer his problems in college.

?I was able to know Cris Carter when he was all about himself, doing the things he wanted to do,? White said by telephone Monday. White now lives in Powell, Ohio, and is a regional vice president for Project Lead the Way, which provides innovative curriculum used in schools. ?He got kicked out of Ohio State for various reasons.?

But Carter wasn?t listening to White back then.

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More from interviews on Cris Carter's Hall of Fame induction
By Marla Ridenour Published: July 30, 2013

More from my interviews on Cris Carter, who will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday night at Fawcett Stadium.

CRIS CARTER
(Excerpts from Carter?s recent conference call with NFL media)

Q: Do you tell younger players about the pitfalls of the NFL?
A: I think there?s an illusion that young people don?t have problems, just athletes have problems. If you look at the numbers, pro athletes, the average age between 21 and 30, the demographics from society ... We have great expectations for them, they should be role models?.
I try to use my experience. I believe I would be stealing from the game, all the things I went through, if I didn?t help some young person have a different perspective on what can happen regardless of how talented you are. I?ve always wanted to be a mentor to young men, especially those who come from neighborhoods a lot like myself.

Q: You were known for your acrobatics. Where did that come from?
A: I created a philosophy in my mind, I took an honest look at my ability, my strengths and weaknesses ? great jumping ability, great hands. A lot of the basketball skills that kind of transferred over to the football skills. Not blazing speed, not a perennial deep threat. I created a philosophy that I?ll do what the other guy doesn?t want to. Making a spectacular catch, stretching all the way out, always giving 110 percent. I never expected any time of praise. That?s the way I thought a football player should play.

Q: What can you say about your time in Minnesota with Brian Billick?
A: He always took a lot of input from us. I loved the way he taught, I loved his information, I loved taking notes from him, I loved his insight. He taught me so much about the game and so much about the numbers, the percentages -- once you get a first down inside the 20, there?s an 80 percent chance of scoring a touchdown if you get one first down. I loved memorizing his game plan, his first 20 plays, his first 10 passes, his first trick play, when we were going to run it. I would know most of the plays before we came into the huddle. He used to say, ?Cris, think like me.? We had tremendous success together.

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Chat with Cris Carter- ESPN.com

Harrison F. (Ohio)
Coming from a huge Ohio State fan, congratulations! Is there one coach that you can attribute your success to?

Cris Carter
Bill Conley, my high school coach. He's the first guy that gave me the thought that I could be really special at wide receiver.

Shane (Michigan)
Cris how much do you really dislike Michigan? haha.

Cris Carter
It's not as if I dislike Michigan. I have a lot of respect for the university -- not only the athletic department but how they educate young people. The only reason I dislike them is because they are the No. 1 rival for OSU. I need to beat up on them to be on top. I do love and respect them though.

 

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Football: Ex-Buckeye Cris Carter took rocky road to Canton
By Bill Rabinowitz
The Columbus Dispatch Friday August 2, 2013

When Cris Carter was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in February in his sixth year as a finalist, his former Ohio State teammate Chris Spielman sent him a text message.

Your election was overdue, Spielman told him. Then he added something else.

?I said I was proud of him,? Spielman said. ?I wasn?t proud of him because he got into the Hall of Fame, but because he turned out to be a good man. It?s a feel-good story. Unfortunately, some guys who get in trouble when they?re young never get out of it. He did.?

Carter?s college career ended prematurely, and it looked as if his time in the NFL also might.

As a Buckeyes receiver in the mid-1980s, Carter?s All-America career was aborted with the revelation that he had signed with a sports agent as a freshman. His absence contributed to a disappointing 1987 season that ended with Earle Bruce?s firing as coach.

?I wish I could have finished,? Carter said Monday, five days before Saturday?s induction in Canton. ?I don?t really look back on it too much, to tell you the truth. Of course, if I?d known I was going to get in trouble, I wouldn?t have done it.?

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CRIS CARTER THE ROAD TO CANTON
Creating Carter?s lasting legacy in Canton

Cris Carter poses at his Miami, Florida home in May with an early clay version of his bust that will be unveiled in bronze during his Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony on Saturday.

This is a clay version of the Hall of Fame bust of Cris Carter. The bronze version of the bust will be unveiled during the former Middie standout?s enshrinement ceremony at the Hall of Fame on Saturday.

By Rick McCrabb and Michael D. Pitman
Staff Writer

Seven of the NFL?s greats will be enshrined Saturday night into the Pro Hall of Fame in Canton, and at that moment each one will see their bronze busts for the first time.

While the gold Hall of Fame jacket is what newly elected inductees think about most, Middletown?s Cris Carter said he is also looking forward to seeing his quarter-inch thick bronze bust during the enshrinement ceremony at the Pro Football Hall of Fame?s Fawcett Stadium.

?It?s one of the great benefits as far as your legacy,? Carter said. ?It?s what sets our hall apart from the other halls.?

Four of the seven busts, including Carter?s, were made by Blair Buswell, a Utah-based sculptor who has made busts since 1983 (he also created the Hall of Fame busts for Warren Sapp, Jonathan Ogden and Bill Parcells). Of the remaining busts, two were made by his assistant and one was made by Texas sculptor, and friend, Scott Myers.

?You could tell his excitement,? said Buswell of Carter about the bust-making process.

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Cris Carter, Hall of Fame wide receiver: The clutch, difficult catches set him apart
Published August 01, 2013
Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS ? Cris Carter's entry into the exclusive club in Canton will be commemorated with a bronze head-and-shoulders bust, like all of the Pro Football Hall of Fame members before him.

His hands might be a more appropriate body part to feature.

Over 16 seasons in the NFL, with fire and grit and flair, Carter exemplified just what a wide receiver is paid to do: catch the ball.

After overcoming some well-publicized troubles in his early years, Carter became a highlight-reel fixture and unflappable performer in the 1990s for the Minnesota Vikings. He wasn't the fastest, the biggest or the most elusive of the bunch, but he made happen some of the most impossible grabs and often did so at the most opportune times.

Tiptoeing both feet at the sideline and successfully pulling in a pass in the split-second before falling out of bounds.

Leaping to his feet after being whistled down and sticking his arm straight out to signal a first down.

Jumping in front of two defenders to corral a ball in the end zone with his fingertips.

Those are the images of what set Carter apart. After missing the cut five times for the Hall of Fame, Carter was finally voted in. He'll be inducted on Saturday with this year's group about a 3?-hour drive from where he grew up in Middletown, Ohio.

"I catch everything that the normal people catch and I catch a few things that no one catches. That's what I used to say to myself before every game," Carter said recently.

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Time and Change: Cris Carter

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Cris Carter: 80 things about ex-Viking as he enters Hall of Fame
By Bob Sansevere
[email protected]
Posted: 08/03/2013

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Cris Carter celebrates after making a 34-yard touchdown catch from Jeff George in the third quarter Sunday, Nov. 28, 1999, in Minneapolis. Carter caught 11 passes for 136 yards and two touchdowns. (AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid)

Cris Carter is synonymous with 80, which was his jersey number during an impressive 12 seasons as a wide receiver with the Vikings.

With that number in mind, here are 80 things worth knowing about ol' No. 80, who gets inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday:

1. When Philadelphia Eagles coach Buddy Ryan released Carter before the start of the 1990 regular season, he delivered one of the game's most infamous critiques ever: "All he does is catch touchdown passes."

2. The Vikings claimed Carter off waivers in September 1990 for a $100 fee.

3. The Vikings' star receiver in 1990 was Carter ... Anthony Carter.

4. Cris Carter also is known by his initials, CC, with no period after each initial, according to the Vikings.

5. When he joined the Vikings, CC became a backup behind Anthony Carter and Hassan Jones.

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2013 Hall of Fame: Cris Carter's career comes full-circle in Canton
By John Breech | CBSSports.com
August 3, 2013

After six years of waiting, Cris Carter will finally have a bust in Canton. (Twitter) After six years of waiting, Cris Carter will finally have a bust in Canton. (Twitter)

The long-winding road that is Cris Carter's football career will finally come full-circle on Saturday when Carter's inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. It's fitting that the crowning moment of Carter's football career is happening in Ohio, because that's where it all began.

Carter blossomed into a football star at Middletown High School in southwestern Ohio before moving on to Ohio State. Carter's career was bumpy early though: he was forced to leave OSU after his junior year when it was discovered that he took money from an agent.

That incident led to Carter ending up in the NFL's supplemental draft, where he went in the fourth round to the Eagles. Philadelphia coach Buddy Ryan could only take so much of Carter's drug and alcohol abuse, so Ryan cut Carter after only three seasons. It was when Carter was cut that Ryan famously said, "All he does is catch touchdowns."

Carter was picked up on waivers by the Vikings and the rest is history. Although it almost wasn't history, Bill Parcells revealed on Friday that the Giants put in an unsuccessful waiver claim on Carter after he was released.

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Thank you Chris! Great speech at your enshrinement into the Hall of Fame.

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Cris Carter Hall of Fame speech

Ohio State, first of all, to all the Buckeye fans, from the bottom of my heart, I sincerely apologize for me signing with a sports agent and losing my eligibility my senior year. That is the only regret I have in my athletic career is that I couldn?t play for the Buckeyes as a senior. Buckeye fans, Cris Carter says, I?m sorry. To all my Buckeye teammates, especially those who took care of me, Keith Byars, Pepper Johnson, Jim Lachey, Kurt Loudermilk, William White, Greg Rogan, Dwight Smith, guys that looked after me.

I?ve always had good teams that I?ve played on. All you Buckeyes, all my teammates, all you guys in attendance, I greatly appreciate it.

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Cris Carter's journey comes full circle

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UIskK-Mzb8"]Cris Carter at the Pro Football Hall of Fame 8.2.13 - YouTube[/ame]

 

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"Buckeye born and bred! H-O-Fer even after I'm dead!" Great speech. Great quote.

 

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Chills listening to that over and over again.