Georgia State University Athletics

CAREER STATISTICS

ATHLETIC HONORS
• 2021 All-Sun Belt Conference (second team)
• 2020 All-Sun Belt Conference (third team)
• 2019 All-Sun Belt Conference (honorable mention)

ACADEMIC HONORS
• Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List, 2019-20
• Sun Belt Conference Honor Roll, 2020-21
• Dean’s List, Fall 2019; Spring 2020
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, Fall 2017; Spring 2019; Spring 2021

AT GEORGIA STATE: Three-time All-Sun Belt Conference selection and Georgia State’s career leader in receptions and receiving yards by a tight end ... Super senior who returned for his fifth season of eligibility and ranks fifth in school history with 56 games played ... Four-year starter and five-year letterwinner with 96 career receptions for 1,224 yards and 12 touchdowns ... Finished ninth in GSU hisory in receptions, eighth in receiving yards and tied for sixth with 12 touchdowns (second among tight ends) ... Outstanding receiver and blocker who was also a key component in the top four rushing seasons in program history from 2018-21 ... Changed to jersey No. 5 for his final season after wearing No. 45 his first four years ... Member of the 2017 recruiting class who played as a true freshman.
    
2021: Second-team All-Sun Belt tight end with 20 receptions for 323 yards (16.2 ypc) and two touchdowns ... Best game of the season at Louisiana with three catches for 76 yards, including a 37-yard touchdown ... Had three receptions for 70 yards in win at No. 22/21 Coastal Carolina. Helped set up a pair of touchdowns with a 22-yard reception to the CCU 33 and a 39-yard catch down to the 16. Also had a third-down conversion on another touchdown drive ... Two huge catches on TD drives in win at Georgia Southern with a 29-yard catch down to the 2-yard line and a 30-yard grab to the 23 ... Blocked for the No. 8 rushing attack in FBS ... 2021 Preseason All-Sun Belt choice by Phil Steele’s College Football (2nd) and Athlon Sports (2nd) 
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2020: Third-team All-Sun Belt ... Team’s third-leading receiver with 23 catches for 285 yards ... Second among Sun Belt tight ends with four TD receptions ... Caught touchdowns of four and 36 yards in win over Troy. Tied his career high with seven catches for 72 yards ... Hauled in a 4-yard scoring pass in win over ULM ... Had two catches in season opener vs. No. 19 Louisiana: a 28-yard TD and a 25-yard reception to the 4-yard line to set up another TD ... Had a key catch in the LendingTree Bowl win with a 26-yard reception down to the 8-yard line to set up the touchdown that gave GSU a 27-7 lead at the half.
               
2019: Honorable mention All-Sun Belt selection … Team’s third-leading receiver with 28 catches for 334 yards and 3 TD ... Career game in win over South Alabama with seven catches for 87 yards, including a 4-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter ... Two receptions for 33 yards in season-opening win at Tennessee ... Had one catch in the win over Furman but it was a 2-yard TD ... Receptions of 20 and 24 yards in win over Arkansas State ... Had two catches for 39 yards and a reception for a two-point conversion in 28-20 victory over Army ... Four catches for 38 yards, including a 4-yard TD, in win over Troy ... Added three receptions for 43 yards vs. Wyoming.
               
2018: Shared the tight end position with Camrin Knight ... Fourth on the team in receptions with 15 catches for 136 yards and one touchdown ... Averaged 9.1 yards per catch ... Made a spectacular one-handed catch on ball thrown behind him for a 4-yard touchdown in win over ULM ... Season-high four catches for 47 yards vs. Texas State ... Had eight catches for 84 yards over the last four games.
               
2017: Season totals of 10 receptions for 146 yards and two touchdowns in nine games, including three starts ... Made one of the key plays of the season with his touchdown catch vs. Western Kentucky in the AutoNation Cure Bowl. The 42-yard reception on the end of a double-reverse flea flicker put the Panthers ahead for good late in the third quarter ... Finished the game with career highs of four receptions for 85 yards ...  Had a breakout game in win at Georgia Southern with four catches for 42 yards, including a 4-yard touchdown and a 17-yard catch ... Caught a 13-yard pass at the 2-yard line to set up a touchdown vs. App State ... True freshman who saw his first action in Game 4 at Coastal Carolina and had his first reception at ULM.
               
HIGH SCHOOL: The No. 40 prospect in South Carolina according to 247Sports ... Caught 18 passes for 351 yards and three touchdowns as a senior at Blythewood High School ... North-South All-Star Game in Myrtle Beach ... Played his junior season at Ridge View High School, where he caught two touchdowns.
               
PERSONAL: Roger M. Carter Jr. is the son of Roger Carter and Monique Courts ... Born March 31, 1999 ... Psychology major earned his degree in December 2020.