Alex Carder

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Alex Carder
No. 14 – West Michigan Ironmen
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1989-10-22) October 22, 1989 (age 35)
Springfield, Missouri, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school: Shawnee Mission (KS) Northwest
College: Western Michigan
Undrafted: 2013
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team CIF Northern Conference (2017)
  • Second-team All-MAC (2011)
Career Arena League statistics
Comp. / Att.:23 / 42
Passing yards:324
TD–INT:6–4
QB rating:75.99
Rushing yards:56
Stats at ArenaFan.com
Stats at CFL.ca (archive)

Alex Carder (born October 22, 1989) is an American professional football quarterback for the West Michigan Ironmen of American Arena League (AAL). He was signed as a free agent by the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He was formerly the starting quarterback at Western Michigan University.

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Early years

Carder was born in Springfield, Missouri in 1989. He attended Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in Shawnee, Kansas where he was selected as an All-Sunflower League player three consecutive seasons. He passed for 3,457 yards and rushed for another 524 yards as the quarterback for SMNW's football team. He also received two varsity letters in baseball and one in basketball. [1]

College career

Carder was the backup quarterback as a redshirt freshman in 2009 and the starting quarterback in the 2010 through 2012 seasons. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] As a sophomore in 2010, Carder completed 289 of 458 passes for 3,334 yards, 30 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. [1]

As a junior in 2011, he gained 3,940 yards of total offense on 3,434 passing yards and 253 rushing yards. He ranked eighth among all players in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision with 335.18 yards of total offense per game. [6] In November 2011, Carder was responsible for eight touchdowns (seven passing and one rushing) in a 66–63 loss to the Toledo Rockets. [7] His seven passing touchdowns against Toledo set a new Mid-American Conference (MAC) record, and his 548 passing yards in the game set a new Western Michigan record. [8] He was selected as a finalist for the 2011 FRS QB Performance of the Year. [9]

Carder's senior season was derailed when he sustained an injury in his throwing hand against Connecticut, though he was able to come back to play the final two games of the season.

Statistics

YearTeamPassingRushing
CmpAttPctYdsY/ATDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
2009 Western Michigan 5771.4273.900103.88162.00
2010 Western Michigan 28945863.13,3347.33012140.61092262.16
2011 Western Michigan 33050265.73,8737.73114145.31282702.14
2012 Western Michigan 14524858.51,6526.71310123.740882.20
Career7691,21563.38,8867.37436138.92856002.110

Source: [10]

Professional career

Carder was rated the 20th best quarterback in the 2013 NFL draft by NFLDraftScout.com. [11] His NFL.com Draft profile states that "If teams are willing to look past his senior season, and if Carder performs well enough in the postseason process, he could be a late-round pick." [12]

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeight 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump
6 ft 2 in
(1.88 m)		221 lb
(100 kg)		4.92 s1.77 s2.81 s4.32 s7.17 s33 in
(0.84 m)		9 ft 5 in
(2.87 m)
All values from Pro Day [11]

Detroit Lions

After going undrafted in the 2013 NFL draft, Carder was signed on April 27 as an unrestricted free agent by the Detroit Lions. [13] He was released May 29. [14]

Iowa Barnstormers

On February 5, 2014, Carder was assigned to the Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League. [15] Carder was placed on league suspension on March 12, 2014. [16]

Nashville Venom

Carder was allowed to sign with the Nashville Venom of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) on March 12, 2014, when the Barnstormers placed him on league suspension. [17] [18] After leading the Venom to a 3–0 start, Carder was placed on the AFL-Exempt list by the Venom.

Jacksonville Sharks

On April 24, 2014, Carder was assigned to the Jacksonville Sharks. [19] After playing in parts of 3 games, and completing 2 of 3 passes for 19 yards, Carder was placed on other league exempt on June 9, 2014.

Ottawa Redblacks

Once placed on the other league exempt list by the Sharks, Carder signed with the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). [20] Carder did not see any playing time in his first season in the CFL. Carder was released on May 1, 2015. [21]

Portland Thunder

On May 25, 2015, Carder was traded to the Portland Thunder for claim order positioning.

West Michigan Ironmen

In 2016, Carder signed with the West Michigan Ironmen. [22] On February 23, 2017, he re-signed with the Ironmen. He played in 12 games for the Ironmen in 2017, completing 169 of 282 passes for 1,845 yards, 30 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. [23] He earned First-team All-Northern Conference honors. [24] As of 2024, Carder has been the starting quarterback for the Ironmen for every season since 2016 except the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season. [25]

Guangzhou Power

Carder was selected by the Guangzhou Power in the nineteenth round of the 2016 CAFL Draft and was the backup to J. J. Raterink during the 2016 season. [26] [27] Carder also served as the team's placekicker. [28]

AFL statistics

YearTeamPassingRushing
CmpAttPctYdsTDIntRtgAttYdsTD
2014 Jacksonville 2366.7190084.03110
2015 Portland 213953.83056478.424330
Career234254.83246475.995340

Stats from ArenaFan: [29]

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