Cory Carter (born March 5, 1994) is a former American football punter. He played college football at Texas Southern.
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| Position: | Punter |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | March 5, 1994 Raymond, Mississippi |
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Callaway (Jackson, Mississippi) |
| College: | Texas Southern |
| Undrafted: | 2016 |
| Career history | |
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Professional career
editHouston Texans
editOn January 2, 2017, Carter signed a reserve/future contract with the Houston Texans.[1] He was waived on September 2, 2017.[2]
Buffalo Bills
editOn December 5, 2017, Carter was signed to the Buffalo Bills' practice squad.[3] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Bills on January 8, 2018.[4] Carter entered the 2018 preseason competing with veteran Colton Schmidt. In the second preseason game, Carter suffered a knee injury after being hit following a punt.[5] He was diagnosed with a torn ACL the following day and was then placed on injured reserve.[6]
On August 26, 2019, Carter was released by the Bills.[7]
St. Louis BattleHawks
editCarter signed with the St. Louis BattleHawks of the XFL on March 9, 2020.[8] He had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Texans add Carter to reserve/future contract". HoustonTexans.com. January 2, 2017. Archived from the original on August 26, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
- ^ "Transactions: Texans down to 53-man roster". HoustonTexans.com. September 2, 2017. Archived from the original on January 8, 2018.
- ^ Brown, Chris (December 5, 2017). "Lawson & Matthews to I-R; Bills elevate Capi & Reilly to active roster". BuffaloBills.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017.
- ^ Brown, Chris (January 8, 2018). "Bills sign nine practice squad players to reserve/future contracts". BuffaloBills.com. Archived from the original on January 11, 2018.
- ^ "Bills' Cory Carter: Gets hit after punt, leaves game". CBSSports.com. August 17, 2018.
- ^ "Bills' Cory Carter: Suffers torn ACL". CBSSports.com. August 18, 2018.
- ^ "Bills claim defensive end Jeff Holland". BuffaloBills.com. August 26, 2019.
- ^ "XFL Transactions". XFL.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ Condotta, Bob (April 10, 2020). "XFL suspends operations, terminates all employees, but Jim Zorn says he has hopes league will continue". SeattleTimes.com. Retrieved July 17, 2020.