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Jersey Number 5
Ron'Dell Carter
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Defensive Lineman
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 269
- Hometown:
- Baltimore, Md.
- High School:
- Long Reach
- Previous:
- Rutgers
- Major:
- Computer Information Systems
Bio
Finished career ranking ninth all-time at JMU with 23 sacks.
2019 as a Redshirt Senior: Started in all 16 games at defensive end… STATS FCS Buck Buchanan Award Runner-Up... Consensus First Team All-American... Phil Steele FCS National Defensive Player of the Year… FCS ADA All-American… Associated Press First Team All-American… AFCA First Team All-American… Walter Camp First Team All-American... STATS FCS First Team All-American… HERO Sports First Team All-American… Phil Steele First Team All-American… CAA Defensive Player of the Year… ECAC FCS Defensive Player of the Year… VaSID University Division Defensive Player of the Year... Touchdown Club of Richmond Division I Defensive Lineman of the Year… Bill Dudley Award Finalist… First Team All-CAA defensive lineman… First Team All-ECAC… VaSID First Team All-State... CAA Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 21)... Had 66 total tackles (28 solo), to go with 27.0 tackles for loss, 12.0 sacks, one forced fumble, 13 quarterback hurries and a pass breakup… Ranked seventh nationally and second in the CAA in tackles for loss per game (1.7)… Also ranked 21st in the FCS and third in the CAA in sacks per game (0.75)… Tied for third in JMU single-season history for sacks... Career highs of 10 tackles and 6.0 tackles for loss at William & Mary (Oct. 19)... Career-high 2.0 sacks against Towson (Oct. 26) and at Rhode Island (Nov. 23)… Had 1.5 sacks against Richmond (Nov. 16)… Recorded at least 1.0 sack in nine games… Tallied at least 2.0 TFL in seven games and 1.0 in 11 outings… Also made nine tackles at Stony Brook (Oct. 5) and seven stops at URI… Had seven stops with 1.5 TFL and a half sack in national championship game against North Dakota State (Jan. 11)… Tallied at least four tackles in eight games… Season-high three QBH in Richmond game… STATS FCS Preseason Third Team All-American... HERO Sports Preseason Second Team All-American... Preseason All-CAA... 2019-20 JMA Male Athlete of the Year... Dean Ehlers Team MVP Award.
2018 as a Redshirt Junior: Started in all 13 games at defensive line… First Team All-CAA defensive lineman... VaSID First Team All-State... First Team ECAC All-Star... Had 58 total tackles (26 solo), to go with 13.0 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and a quarterback hurry... Ranked tied for seventh in the CAA in sacks and tied for ninth in tackles for loss... Career-high 10 tackles with a TFL, forced fumble and recovery in FCS Second Round at Colgate (Dec. 1)... Made seven stops with season highs of five solo tackles and three tackles for loss in season opener at NC State (Sept. 1)... Also had six tackles against Elon (Oct. 6) and at New Hampshire (Nov. 3)... Made five or more tackles in seven games... Season-best 1.5 sacks against Rhode Island (Nov. 10) while having a full sack in six other games... At least 1.5 tackles for loss in five contests... Dean Ehlers Team MVP... Bob Yetzer Leadership Award winner.
2017 as a Redshirt Sophomore: Played in all 15 games… Had 28 total tackles (15 solo), to go with 8.0 tackles for loss, 4.0 sacks, three pass breakups and four quarterback hurries… Season-high four tackles against Norfolk State (Sept. 16)… Six games with at least three tackles… 2.0 tackles for loss against ETSU (Sept. 9) and at Elon (Nov. 18)… Recorded all four sacks during CAA play.
Prior to JMU: Transferred to JMU after spending two seasons at Rutgers out of the Big Ten… Appeared in five games in 2016, making two tackles, including a 0.5 tackle for loss and a 0.5 sack… Recorded first collegiate tackle at Ohio State… Registered 0.5 sack in season finale at Maryland… Academic All-Big Ten list… Redshirted 2015 season to retain a year of eligibility.
High School: Three-star recruit and top-30 player from the state of Maryland at Long Reach High School, primarily playing defensive end and tight end… First Team All-Howard County tight end as a senior and First Team defensive end as a junior… Baltimore Sun’s “Players to Watch” heading into senior season… Captain at the Maryland Crab Bowl, featuring most talented seniors from Maryland and D.C…. Baltimore Touchdown Club Super 22 Team as a junior… Team captain… Dual-sport athlete who also threw shot put for track & field and played basketball at Long Reach.
Personal: Full name is Ron’Dell Lamaree Carter… Younger brother of former JMU All-CAA special teams selection Robert Carter, Jr.... Majoring in computer information systems.
2019 as a Redshirt Senior: Started in all 16 games at defensive end… STATS FCS Buck Buchanan Award Runner-Up... Consensus First Team All-American... Phil Steele FCS National Defensive Player of the Year… FCS ADA All-American… Associated Press First Team All-American… AFCA First Team All-American… Walter Camp First Team All-American... STATS FCS First Team All-American… HERO Sports First Team All-American… Phil Steele First Team All-American… CAA Defensive Player of the Year… ECAC FCS Defensive Player of the Year… VaSID University Division Defensive Player of the Year... Touchdown Club of Richmond Division I Defensive Lineman of the Year… Bill Dudley Award Finalist… First Team All-CAA defensive lineman… First Team All-ECAC… VaSID First Team All-State... CAA Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 21)... Had 66 total tackles (28 solo), to go with 27.0 tackles for loss, 12.0 sacks, one forced fumble, 13 quarterback hurries and a pass breakup… Ranked seventh nationally and second in the CAA in tackles for loss per game (1.7)… Also ranked 21st in the FCS and third in the CAA in sacks per game (0.75)… Tied for third in JMU single-season history for sacks... Career highs of 10 tackles and 6.0 tackles for loss at William & Mary (Oct. 19)... Career-high 2.0 sacks against Towson (Oct. 26) and at Rhode Island (Nov. 23)… Had 1.5 sacks against Richmond (Nov. 16)… Recorded at least 1.0 sack in nine games… Tallied at least 2.0 TFL in seven games and 1.0 in 11 outings… Also made nine tackles at Stony Brook (Oct. 5) and seven stops at URI… Had seven stops with 1.5 TFL and a half sack in national championship game against North Dakota State (Jan. 11)… Tallied at least four tackles in eight games… Season-high three QBH in Richmond game… STATS FCS Preseason Third Team All-American... HERO Sports Preseason Second Team All-American... Preseason All-CAA... 2019-20 JMA Male Athlete of the Year... Dean Ehlers Team MVP Award.
2018 as a Redshirt Junior: Started in all 13 games at defensive line… First Team All-CAA defensive lineman... VaSID First Team All-State... First Team ECAC All-Star... Had 58 total tackles (26 solo), to go with 13.0 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and a quarterback hurry... Ranked tied for seventh in the CAA in sacks and tied for ninth in tackles for loss... Career-high 10 tackles with a TFL, forced fumble and recovery in FCS Second Round at Colgate (Dec. 1)... Made seven stops with season highs of five solo tackles and three tackles for loss in season opener at NC State (Sept. 1)... Also had six tackles against Elon (Oct. 6) and at New Hampshire (Nov. 3)... Made five or more tackles in seven games... Season-best 1.5 sacks against Rhode Island (Nov. 10) while having a full sack in six other games... At least 1.5 tackles for loss in five contests... Dean Ehlers Team MVP... Bob Yetzer Leadership Award winner.
2017 as a Redshirt Sophomore: Played in all 15 games… Had 28 total tackles (15 solo), to go with 8.0 tackles for loss, 4.0 sacks, three pass breakups and four quarterback hurries… Season-high four tackles against Norfolk State (Sept. 16)… Six games with at least three tackles… 2.0 tackles for loss against ETSU (Sept. 9) and at Elon (Nov. 18)… Recorded all four sacks during CAA play.
Prior to JMU: Transferred to JMU after spending two seasons at Rutgers out of the Big Ten… Appeared in five games in 2016, making two tackles, including a 0.5 tackle for loss and a 0.5 sack… Recorded first collegiate tackle at Ohio State… Registered 0.5 sack in season finale at Maryland… Academic All-Big Ten list… Redshirted 2015 season to retain a year of eligibility.
High School: Three-star recruit and top-30 player from the state of Maryland at Long Reach High School, primarily playing defensive end and tight end… First Team All-Howard County tight end as a senior and First Team defensive end as a junior… Baltimore Sun’s “Players to Watch” heading into senior season… Captain at the Maryland Crab Bowl, featuring most talented seniors from Maryland and D.C…. Baltimore Touchdown Club Super 22 Team as a junior… Team captain… Dual-sport athlete who also threw shot put for track & field and played basketball at Long Reach.
Personal: Full name is Ron’Dell Lamaree Carter… Younger brother of former JMU All-CAA special teams selection Robert Carter, Jr.... Majoring in computer information systems.
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