24 Facts About Tyrone Carter

Tyrone M Carter was born on March 31,1976 and is an American former professional football safety who played in the National Football League.

Tyrone Carter played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, earned All-American honors and won several national awards.

Tyrone Carter played for the Minnesota Vikings, New York Jets, Pittsburgh Steelers, and San Diego Chargers.

At Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach, Florida, Tyrone Carter was named Miami Sun-Sentinel all-county defensive first-team choice as a senior.

Tyrone Carter received Miami Herald all-county offensive first team honors as a running back, gaining 1,349 yards and scoring 23 touchdowns his senior year.

Tyrone Carter attended the University of Minnesota, where he majored in sociology and played for the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team.

Tyrone Carter was a first-team All-American in 1998, and a consensus first-team All-American in 1999.

Tyrone Carter won the 1999 Jim Thorpe Award for best defensive back in college football, and was a finalist for the 1999 Bronko Nagurski Trophy which is given to the premier defensive player in the country.

Tyrone Carter earned the Carl Eller Award twice, which is given to the Gophers defensive player of the year.

In 1998, Tyrone Carter was named first team All Big Ten conference by both the coaches and the media.

Tyrone Carter was drafted in the fourth round in the 2000 NFL draft out of the University of Minnesota by the Minnesota Vikings.

Tyrone Carter played 3 seasons with the Vikings and would return to the team later in his career when on March 11,2004, he agreed to terms with his former team.

However, on September 5,2004, Tyrone Carter was placed on the Vikings injured reserve list after spraining his knee during the second preseason game, and was expected to be out until October.

In 2005, Tyrone Carter appeared in all 20 games for the world champion Pittsburgh Steelers.

Tyrone Carter recorded 3 tackles and a pass defensed in Super Bowl XL.

Tyrone Carter stepped in to replace Clark for the remainder of the season, starting 5 games in his absence.

The 2008 season saw Tyrone Carter appear in all 16 regular-season games for the fourth straight season.

Tyrone Carter was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in week 17 against Cleveland, in a game in which he had 4 tackles, 2 passes defensed, 2 interceptions and 1 touchdown.

In Super Bowl XLIII Tyrone Carter recorded two solo tackles and earned his second Super Bowl ring.

Tyrone Carter entered 2009 as the third safety on the Steelers depth chart behind Troy Polamalu and Ryan Clark.

When Polamalu was injured in the first game of the season against the Tennessee Titans, Tyrone Carter replaced him in the starting lineup over the next four games.

Tyrone Carter was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week for his effort.

When Troy Polamalu was re-injured in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Tyrone Carter took his place and started at the position for the rest of the season due to the injury.

On October 5,2010, Tyrone Carter was signed by the San Diego Chargers to replace suspended safety Steve Gregory.