2021 as a Redshirt Senior: Played in all 14 games, making 13 starts at defensive end... Stats Perform FCS Second Team All-American... AFCA FCS Coaches' Second Team All-American... Associated Press Second Team All-American... Phil Steele FCS First Team All-American... First Team All-CAA defensive lineman... VaSID First Team All-State… Had 54 tackles (28 solo) to go with 22.0 tackles for loss, 9.0 sacks, three forced fumbles, one recovery and seven quarterback hurries… Led the CAA in total tackles for loss... Ranked 12th nationally and second in league with 1.6 TFL per game... Ranked fifth in CAA in total sacks... Season-high seven tackles with 1.5 TFL at Weber State (Sept. 18)… Six tackles with a career-high 4.0 tackles for loss, one sack and a forced fumble vs. Towson (Nov. 20)… Also had six stops with 2.0 TFL and a sack at North Dakota State in FCS semifinals (Dec. 17)… Had a pair of sacks at Richmond (Oct. 16)… Made 2.5 tackles for loss and a sack vs. Montana in FCS quarterfinals (Dec. 10)… Had at least 2.0 TFL in seven games and at least 1.0 in 10 outings… Made at least a full sack in seven games... Four or more tackles in seven games.
Prior to JMU: Spent four seasons at Towson (2016-19) before transferring to JMU… 2018 HERO Sports Sophomore All-American… 2019 Honorable Mention Preseason All-CAA selection… Two-year starter for the Tigers… Team captain… Appeared in 35 career games, making 24 starts on the defensive line… Tallied 144 total tackles (73 solo) to go with 34 tackles for loss, 15.0 sacks, six forced fumbles and a recovery and 14 quarterback hurries… Had 54 tackles with 12.0 TFL, 4.5 sacks, 3 forced fumbles and 12 QBH in 2019… Totaled 52 tackles, 14.0 TFL, 6.5 sacks, 2 forced fumbles and a hurry in 2018… Logged 38 tackles, 8.0 TFL, 4.0 sacks, a forced fumble, one recovery and a hurry in 2017… Led Towson in sacks both in 2018 (6.5) and 2019 (4.5)… Ranked 10th in CAA in sacks in 2018… Also led Tigers in forced fumbles (3) and QB hurries (12) in 2019… Career-high 14 tackles with a pair of forced fumbles at The Citadel in 2019… Career-high 1.5 sacks at Florida in 2018 and vs. William & Mary in 2018… Career-high 3.0 TFL vs. Bucknell in 2019, vs. Maine in 2018 and vs. Delaware in 2017… CAA Football Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2020).
High School: 2015 PA Single A Defensive Player of the Year… First Team All-State as a junior and senior… Mid Penn Capital Defensive MVP as a junior and senior… Mid Penn All-Conference All-Star as a sophomore, junior and senior… EasternPAfootball.com Class A Defensive Player of the Year once… Recorded 99 tackles, 35 tackles for loss and 20 sacks as a senior.
Personal: Full name is Bryce Gordon Carter… Son of James Carter and Lisa Lewis… Graduated from Towson University in May 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in family science... Pursuing continuing education program certificate, adult special.
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