| Personal information | |||||
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| Born: | December 28, 1998 Ludowici, Georgia, U.S. | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||||
| Career information | |||||
| High school: | Long County (Ludowici, Georgia) | ||||
| College: | Georgia Tech (2017–2021) | ||||
| Position: | Linebacker | ||||
| NFL draft: | 2022: 7th round, 228th pick | ||||
| Career history | |||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||
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Tariq Marquese Carpenter (born December 28, 1998) is an American professional football linebacker. He played college football at Georgia Tech [1] and previously played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers.
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 2+1⁄4 in (1.89 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | 33+3⁄8 in (0.85 m) | 9+1⁄8 in (0.23 m) | 4.52 s | 1.55 s | 2.60 s | 4.46 s | 7.50 s | 39.0 in (0.99 m) | 11 ft 4 in (3.45 m) | ||
| All values from Pro Day [2] [3] | ||||||||||||
Carpenter was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round (228th overall) of the 2022 NFL draft. [4] On May 6, 2022, he signed his rookie contract. [5] He was released on August 30, 2023. [6]
On September 2, 2023, Carpenter was signed to the practice squad of the Pittsburgh Steelers. [7] He appeared in three games for the Steelers, logging one solo tackle and one assisted tackle. On December 17, Carpenter was released by Pittsburgh following his arrest the same day. [8]
Carpenter signed with the San Antonio Brahmas of the UFL on September 26, 2024. [9] He was released on April 29, 2025. [10]
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Comb | Total | Ast | Sck | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TDs | FF | FR | ||||
| 2022 | GB | 14 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | PIT | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career | 17 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Source: pro-football-referencecom | |||||||||||||||||
On December 17, 2023, Carpenter was arrested in Pittsburgh after allegedly throwing a woman to the ground and holding her against her will, and charged with simple assault. [11] The league gave him a six-game suspension in October, 2024. [12]