Nigea Carter

American football player (born 1973)

American football player

Nigea Carter

No. 81

Position:

Wide receiver

Personal information

Born:

(1973-09-01) September 1, 1973 (age 50)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.

Career information

High school:

Coconut Creek (FL)

College:

Michigan State

NFL draft:

1997 / Round: 6 / Pick: 197

Career history

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1997)*

* Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Career NFL statistics

Player stats at NFL.com

Nigea Carter (born September 1, 1973) is a former wide receiver for Michigan State Spartans football team.^[1] In his total of 4 years (1993-1996) of playing with Michigan State, he had a total of 81 receptions, 1,413 receiving yards, and 10 touchdowns.^[2]

College career

Carter chose to play for Michigan State after initially committing to Tennessee.^[3]

On October 29, 1994, in a game against Indiana, Carter caught a 93-yard touchdown pass, helping the Spartans to a 27–21 victory.^[4]

In 1995, in a game against Michigan, Tony Banks led an 88-yard drive and threw the winning touchdown to Carter with 1:24 left in the game to win 28–25 over the No. 7 ranked Wolverines.^[5]

Professional career

Carter was the 197th overall pick in round six of the 1997 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.^[6]^[7] Carter did not make the final roster.^[8]

References

^ "Players". NFL.
^ "Nigea Carter Statistics". Sports Reference.
^ Boetel, Ray (30 January 1993). "Carter Decides On Mich. State". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
^ "Statistics Summary for 1994". Michigan State Football.
^ Frei, Terry (2010). Playing Piano in a Brothel: A Sports Journalist's Odyssey. 5360 Manhattan Circle #101 Boulder, CO: Taylor Trade. p. 222. ISBN 978-1-58979-459-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^ "1997 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
^ "Path to Primetime". NFL.
^ "The 1997 Buccaneer draft review". Buc power.