![]() Carter at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 2022 | |||||||||||
No. 93 – Las Vegas Raiders | |||||||||||
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Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
Born: | Tampa, Florida, U.S. | April 7, 1999||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 301 lb (137 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | Hillsborough (Tampa) | ||||||||||
College: | Florida (2017–2021) | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 2022: 3rd round, 95th pick | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of 2024 | |||||||||||
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Zachary Carter (born April 7, 1999) is an American professional football defensive tackle for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida Gators and was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the third round of the 2022 NFL draft.
Carter grew up in Tampa, Florida and attended Hillsborough High School. [1] Carter was rated a four-star recruit and committed to play college football at Florida. [2]
Carter redshirted his true freshman season. [3] He played in nine games as a reserve defensive lineman in his redshirt freshman season and had eight tackles, one tackle for loss, and two passes broken up. [4] Carter led the Gators with five sacks and 9.5 tackles for loss as a redshirt junior. [5] [6] Carter considered entering the 2021 NFL draft, but opted to stay at Florida for his redshirt senior season. [7]
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 | Bench press | |
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6 ft 4+1⁄4 in (1.94 m) | 282 lb (128 kg) | 33+1⁄2 in (0.85 m) | 10+1⁄4 in (0.26 m) | 4.99 s | 1.73 s | 2.87 s | 4.56 s | 7.34 s | 27.5 in (0.70 m) | 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) | 19 reps | |
Sources: [8] [9] |
Carter was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the third round, 95th overall, of the 2022 NFL draft. [10]
Carter was waived by the Bengals on October 4, 2024. [11]
On October 10, 2024, Carter was signed to the Las Vegas Raiders practice squad. [12] He was promoted to the active roster on October 21. [13]
On March 18, 2025, Carter was re-signed by the Raiders. [14]