CAREER STATISTICS
ACADEMIC HONORS
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, Spring 2019
AT GEORGIA STATE: Two-year letterwinner as a safety and special teams player ... Has made six starts in the secondary over the last two seasons ... Joined the program as a walk-on in the spring of 2019 and was awarded a scholarship for at the 2021 spring game ... Spent the 2017 season at Reinhardt, an NAIA program in Waleska, Ga., but did not see any game action.
2020: Played in all 10 games at safety and started the final three contests, all GSU wins in which the defense performed very well ... Made 24 tackles on the season ... Season-high seven stops in win at South Alabama ... Followed with six tackles against Georgia Southern and four vs. WKU in the LendingTree Bowl ... Forced a fumble vs. Coastal Carolina.
2019: Started three of the final four games at safety following season-ending injury to Remy Lazarus ... Played in nine games on the year with 21 tackles, one pass breakup, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery ... Made a career-high 10 tackles at ULM after taking over for Lazarus ... Had five tackles, a pass breakup and a forced fumble in the bowl game vs. Wyoming ... Added four tackles against App State ... Recovered a fumbled punt at the 19-yard line in win at Coastal Carolina.
HIGH SCHOOL: First-team all-region as a senior at Norcross High School ... Also earned all-county honors from the Gwinnett Daily Post and the Touchdown Club of Gwinnett ... Helped Norcross to an undefeated regular season in Georgia’s largest classification.
PERSONAL: Full name is Keon Isaiah Carter ... Born Dec. 4, 1998 ... Parents are David and Rhonda Carter ... Majoring in economics.
