Talan Carter
Vanderbilt Commodores
83
Good

Talan Carter

Vanderbilt CommodoresRebuilding
NTDefenseGoodTRANSFER · Jacksonville State
Projected Starter

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Talan Carter is the projected starter at NT for Vanderbilt Commodores.

Junior · #99 · 6'1", 280 lbs

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Depth at NT · Vanderbilt Commodores

  1. 19983Talan CarterStarter
  2. 25368Glenn Seabrooks III
  3. 31568Mike Diatta

Vanderbilt Starting Lineup

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Top defensive linemen in the SEC

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Up next for Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt plays Mississippi State away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 04:15 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

This season: 55 tackles, 7 TFL, 1.5 sacks. That's 6% of the team's production at his spot and 91th-percentile production nationally — good for a 83 overall (Good tier).

Team Share6%Percentile91th
Ocean Springs, MS
Jersey
#99
Class
JR/TR
Height
6'1"
Weight
280 lbs
Transfer
Jacksonville State

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—5571.5

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

Recruiting Profile

High School
Ocean Springs
Hometown
Ocean Springs, MS

Why this rating?

On a 76-rated defense; 91th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.83 for competition level) put them +7 vs unit starters → 83.

Team defense (SP+)
76
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 91% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 30% 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 24LUKTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-17

Oct 17LARKTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-21

Oct 10LMISSTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 52-17

Oct 3LUGATKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-14

Sep 19WNCSUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 35-31

Sep 12WDELTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 35-26

Talan Carter's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

55 tkl · 7 TFL · 1.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement86%
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