Alex
Carter.
Alex
Carter.
Stanford· 6'0"· 196 lb· 4.51s 40
Cover-3 based system leveraging his versatility and zone coverage skills allows him to thrive in different defensive packages.
Immediate special teams contributor with a path to a starting boundary corner role in a zone-heavy scheme.
Man-heavy press-man scheme where his hip stiffness and recovery speed are consistently exposed on the island.
Carter's size and zone instincts make him a fit for a defensive scheme that prioritizes vision and disciplined route recognition over raw athletic quickness in man coverage.
Selected #80 overall in Round 3 of the 2015 NFL Draft by Detroit Lions out of Stanford.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.51sp50
- Vertical
- 40inp50
- Broad jump
- 121inp50
- Three-cone
- 7.05sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.07sp50
- Bench
- 17repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Stanford | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Stanford | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Alex Carter played one game for the Detroit Lions in his rookie season. He spent time on practice squads but did not establish an NFL career.
Data note: from Kansas City via Minnesota