Jonathan Carter (born March 20, 1979) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. High school career Carter was named All-State, All-Area and team MVP as a junior and senior at Lineville (AL) High School. He was lettered four times in football and gained more than 1,900 yards receiving and 700 yards rushing for his high school career. College career Carter played college football at Troy State University (now Troy University). He played only two seasons of college football at Troy State, totaling 46 catches for 869 yards and 11 touchdowns. Carter was an All-Southland Football League selection after starting every game as a senior in 2000, compiling 40 receptions for 632 yards and eight touchdowns, as well as ten kickoff returns for 286 yards and another score. He added seven carries for 88 yards, giving him an average of 91.5 All-purpose yards per game for the season. He also had a career game against Alabama State, gaining 111 yards on seven catches with two touchdowns. He played in 11 games in 1999, totaling six catches for 237 yards and three touchdowns. He recorded a career-long catch of 65 yards on a touchdown strike against Middle Tennessee State. Professional career Carter was drafted in the fifth round of the 2001 NFL draft by the New York Giants. As a rookie with the Giants, Carter appeared in two games and returned eight kickoffs for 155 yards and led the team with a 19.4-yard average per return. In 2002, he returned one kickoff for 14 yards in the Giants’ opener against San Francisco, but was waived by the Giants on October 8, 2002 and claimed by the New York Jets the next day. He was inactive for the Jets’ final 11 regular season games and both post season contests. He scored a touchdown on his first career reception, the sixth Jets player to do so. He has played 22 games for the team, catching two touchdown passes and receiving a total of 266 yard passes. He has also played one post-season game for the team. Carter was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in January, 2006, after four previous seasons split between the Giants and Jets in New York. Tampa Bay allocated him to the NFL Europe League for the 2006 season, but Carter never made it overseas, due to an injury suffered in the league’s stateside joint