Jerome Carter III
Clemson Tigers
91
Elite

Jerome Carter III

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FSDefenseEliteTRANSFER · Old Dominion
Projected Starter

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Jerome Carter III is the projected starter at FS for Clemson Tigers.

Junior · #6 · 6'1", 195 lbs

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Depth at FS · Clemson Tigers

  1. 1691Jerome Carter IIIStarter
  2. 21877Kylon Griffin

Clemson Starting Lineup

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Up next for Clemson

Clemson plays Syracuse away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Elite-Tier Talent

A 3-star recruit out of Columbia, ranked #2,794 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 76 tackles, 6 INT, 2 PBU. That's 7% of the team's production at his spot and 97th-percentile production nationally — good for a 91 overall (Elite tier).

Recruit3★ · #2,794 NatlTeam Share7%Percentile97th
Lake City, FL
Jersey
#6
Class
JR/TR
Height
6'1"
Weight
195 lbs
Transfer
Old Dominion

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—7662

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8083
National Rank
#2794
High School
Columbia
Hometown
Lake City, FL

Why this rating?

On a 91-rated defense; 97th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.83 for competition level) put them +7 vs unit starters → 91.

Team defense (SP+)
91
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 97% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 29% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.83)
Depth-chart adjustment
+7 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WFSUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
1
INT
1
PD
1

Final W 36-24

Oct 24LVTTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 20-16

Oct 17WCHSOTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 37-0

Oct 3LMIATKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-13

Sep 26WCALTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
7
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 24-10

Sep 19WUNCTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 28-20

Sep 13WGASOTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 22-7

Sep 6LLSUTKL 10
TKL
10
SOLO
6
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 51-10

Jerome Carter III's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

76 tkl · 2 PD · 6 INT
Usage / Involvement78%
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