Cory Carter

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Cory Carter
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Position Punter
Personal information
Born (1994-03-05) March 5, 1994 (age 31)
Raymond, Mississippi
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school Callaway (Jackson, Mississippi)
College Texas Southern
NFL draft 2016: undrafted
Career history
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
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Cory Carter (born March 5, 1994) is an American former football punter. He played college football at Texas Southern.

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Professional career

Houston Texans

On January 2, 2017, Carter signed a reserve/future contract with the Houston Texans. [1] He was waived on September 2, 2017. [2]

Buffalo Bills

On 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

Carter 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

  1. ↑ "Texans add Carter to reserve/future contract". HoustonTexans.com. January 2, 2017. Archived from the original on August 26, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Transactions: Texans down to 53-man roster". HoustonTexans.com. September 2, 2017. Archived from the original on January 8, 2018.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Bills' Cory Carter: Gets hit after punt, leaves game". CBSSports.com. August 17, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Bills' Cory Carter: Suffers torn ACL". CBSSports.com. August 18, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Bills claim defensive end Jeff Holland". BuffaloBills.com. August 26, 2019.
  8. ↑ "XFL Transactions". XFL.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  9. ↑ 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.
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