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Jersey Number 5
Nate Carter
- Position:
- RB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 200
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Rochester, N.Y.
- High School:
- Bishop Kearney
- Prev School:
- Connecticut
Bio
Career Bio (PDF)
CAREER NOTES: Two-year Spartan letterwinner rushed for 1,297 yards (4.3 avg.; 54.0 ypg) and nine touchdowns on 301 carries in 24 games, including 22 starts, during his two seasons at Michigan State (2023-24) . . . also had 40 receptions for 276 yards and two TDs for the Spartans . . . transferred from UConn in January 2023 . . . rushed for 2,280 yards (4.6 avg.; 57.0 ypg) and 12 TDs on 491 carries during his 40-game collegiate career (16 games at UConn in 2021-22; 24 at MSU in 2023-24) . . . finished his collegiate career with 2,722 all-purpose yards (2,280 rushing; 442 receiving) . . . had 64 catches for 442 yards and two TDs in his collegiate career . . . started 30 of his 40 career collegiate games (eight starts at UConn, 22 at MSU) . . . had eight career 100-yard rushing games (four at UConn, four at MSU) . . . scored a total of 14 touchdowns (12 rushing, two receiving) in his collegiate career, including 11 at MSU (nine rushing, two receiving) . . . graduated with his degree in human development and family studies from Michigan State in December 2024.
2024 SEASON (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Led MSU with a career-high five rushing touchdowns and ranked second on the team in carries (116) and rushing yards (499; 4.3 avg; 41.6 ypg) . . . also ranked fourth on the team with 18 catches for 173 yards and two TDs . . . led MSU with seven total TDs (five rushing, two receiving) . . . ranked second on the team in all-purpose yards with 672 (499 rushing, 173 receiving) . . . played in all 12 games with 10 starts . . . named to the Academic All-District and Academic All-Big Ten Team . . . voted one of five season captains by his teammates . . . had seven carries for 47 yards, including a 26-yard TD run, to go along with three catches for 23 yards for a total of 70 all-purpose yards in his Spartan finale on Senior Day vs. Rutgers . . . scored a rushing TD and a receiving TD in same game for first time in career with a 2-yard rushing score and a 20-yard TD catch in the Purdue game, the first time with one rushing TD and one receiving TD in same game by a Michigan State player since Sept. 18, 2021, when Jayden Reed had a rushing and receiving TD in the Spartans’ win at Miami (Fla.) . . . finished game with nine carries for 15 yards and a TD, while tallying two catches for 32 yards and a TD, and logging 27 snaps in the victory over the Boilermakers . . . started game at Illinois and snared first career TD catch with 5-yard scoring reception, part of a career-high tying five receptions for 20 yards, adding six rushes for 19 yards . . . opened Indiana game in backfield and had eight attempts for 6 yards, adding one catch for 13 yards . . . started game at Michigan and finished with a season-high tying 19 carries for a season-high and MSU career-best 118 yards, registering first 100-yard outing of the season and first since 108 vs. Iowa last season (9/30/23), a span of 15 games . . . scored third rushing TD of season with 2-yard plunge to the end zone in the first quarter for the Spartans’ opening TD of the game . . . snared a 26-yard reception in the first quarter for what at the time was MSU career-long as well as the second-longest reception of career behind a 47-yarder during freshman season at UConn . . . then topped that MSU career-best with a 30-yard reception in the fourth quarter, setting up MSU at the UM 21 on the Spartans’ final drive . . . ended the game with a team-leading and collegiate career-best 56 yards on two receptions . . . with the 118 rushing yards and 56 receiving yards, finished with an MSU career-high 174 all-purpose yards, and the second-most of collegiate career, behind top mark of 200 yards, vs. Utah State (9/27/22) while at UConn . . . scored second rushing TD of season with a 1-yard scoring plunge in fourth quarter of Iowa game to seal the Victory for MSU, finishing with nine carries for 49 yards . . . held to season-low five carries for 11 yards at Oregon, adding two catches for 10 yards . . . had six rushes for 27 yards in Ohio State game, including a 19-yard scamper on the Spartans’ first play from scrimmage, notching 20 plays, and with the 27 yards, surpassed the 2,000 career yards plateau . . . kept in check with just 9 yards on 9 carries in game at Boston College, adding three catches for 18 yards, in logging 39 plays . . . had eight carries for 93 yards with a TD on a 60-yard scoring scamper in the second quarter of the Prairie View A&M game, for first rushing TD of the season and the 60-yard scamper was the longest offensive play of collegiate career . . . started game at Maryland and led MSU’s rushing attack with 11 carries for 59 yards, including a long of 30 yards on Spartans’ opening possession, setting up MSU TD three plays later, in logging 47 offensive plays . . . registered 19 carries for 48 yards, adding one catch after starting season opener vs. Florida Atlantic . . . represented Michigan State at the 2024 Big Ten Media Days in Indianapolis . . . was Michigan State’s nominee for the AFCA Good Works Team and the Wuerffel Trophy for his work in the community, including volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House of Mid-Michigan.
2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Recorded career highs in rushing yards (798), carries (185), rushing touchdowns (4) and all-purpose yards (901) in his first season with the Spartans while starting all 12 games . . . also had a career-high 22 catches for 103 yards . . . had three 100-yard rushing outings (108 at Iowa on Sept. 30, 111 vs. Richmond on Sept. 9, 113 vs. Central Michigan on Sept. 1) . . . led the team in rushing yards, carries, rushing touchdowns and all-purpose yards . . . earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors from the coaches and media . . . ranked eighth in the Big Ten in rushing yards (798) and rushing yards per game (66.5 ypg) and 15th in all-purpose yards (75.1 ypg; 901) . . . ranked third in the conference in the regular season with 185 carries (15.4 pg) . . . had four carries of 20-plus yards and three carries of 30-plus yards . . . one of three Spartans on offense to start all 12 games . . . registered double-digit carries in every game, including a season-high 20 vs. Iowa and Rutgers . . . had eight carries for 39 yards against No. 11 Penn State, which entered the game No. 2 in the FBS in rushing defense . . . had 10 carries for 48 yards and one catch for 4 yards in win at Indiana, but had to leave the game in the third quarter due to an injury . . . started game at Ohio State and rushed for 52 yards on 11 carries, including a 27-yard run in the first quarter, which was his longest rush in a Big Ten game . . . was starting running back in Nebraska game, posting 50 yards on 15 carries, adding two catches for 9 yards . . . started game at Minnesota and rushed 11 times for 44 yards and snared career-high tying five catches for 9 yards . . . started Michigan game and rushed 17 times for 36 yards, adding two catches for 25 yards . . . was starting running back in game at Rutgers and led MSU with a season-high tying 20 carries for 52 yards, matching season-high for carries for the second game in a row after 20 in the Iowa game (9/30/23) . . . started Iowa game and posted 100-yard outing on season high for carries with 108 yards on 20 carries, adding one reception on four targets . . . was starting running back in Maryland game, rushing 19 times for 97 yards, just missing third 100-yard outing in four games as a Spartan . . . added a career-high five catches for 23 yards against the Terrapins, topping previous career-best of four receptions from freshman season at UConn vs. Yale (10/16/21) . . . started Washington game at running back, rushing 17 times for 48 yards, adding one catch for 2 yards . . . was starting running back in Week 2 vs. Richmond, rushing for second consecutive 100-yard game with 111 yards on 19 carries with career-high three TDs . . . scored all three TDs in the third quarter, becoming the first Spartan to score three rushing TDs in a quarter since Jehuu Caulcrick had three in the first quarter vs. UAB on Sept. 1, 2007, on runs of 5, 1 and 42 yards . . . started Spartan debut in season opener vs. Central Michigan, rushing 18 times for 113 yards and one TD, coming on a 2-yard plunge late in the second quarter to give MSU a 10-7 lead in the eventual 31-7 win . . . also had one catch for 21 yards . . became the third consecutive Spartan transfer to start and rush for more than 100 yards in the season opener (Kenneth Walker III, Jalen Berger).
2022 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT UCONN): Led UConn in rushing the first month of the season with 405 yards on 65 carries (101.3 ypg/6.2 avg.) before suffering a shoulder injury in the fourth game . . . also had five receptions for 39 yards . . . rushed six times for 21 yards and had a 9-yard reception at Michigan in Week 4 . . . compiled 71 yards on the ground on 16 carries at Syracuse. . . collected his second straight 100-yard game with 123 yards on season-high 23 carries, including a 17-yard touchdown run, against Central Connecticut State . . . rushed for a career-high 190 yards on 20 carries, including a season-long 52-yarder, and totaled 200 all-purpose yards (190 rushing, 10 receiving) in season-opening victory over Utah State.
2021 SEASON (FRESHMAN AT UCONN): Played in all 12 games, including four starts . . . led UConn with 578 yards rushing on 125 carries (4.6 avg.) with two touchdowns . . . also had 19 catches for 127 yards . . . recorded 124 all-purpose yards at UCF with 77 yards rushing on 13 carries, including a touchdown, and had two catches for 47 yards . . . rushed for a season-high 136 yards on 20 carries vs. UMass . . . had a career-high 24 carries for 123 yards against Vanderbilt . . . rushed 10 times for 65 yards and a 2-yard score vs. Wyoming.
2020 SEASON: UConn did not compete during the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic . . . enrolled early at UConn in January 2020
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Played for Coach Rick Gause at Bishop Kearney High School in Rochester, New York . . . member of the National Honor Society and served as a team captain . . . named team MVP and earned All-Greater Rochester honors as a senior in 2019 . . . rushed for 1,259 yards and 15 touchdowns and also had two receiving scores as a junior in 2018 . . . in addition, had 62 tackles on defense and 360 return years to pick up second-team All-Greater Rochester accolades . . . son of Darryl and Viatta Carter . . . human development and family studies major graduated from MSU in December 2024 . . . born May 22, 2002.
CAREER NOTES: Two-year Spartan letterwinner rushed for 1,297 yards (4.3 avg.; 54.0 ypg) and nine touchdowns on 301 carries in 24 games, including 22 starts, during his two seasons at Michigan State (2023-24) . . . also had 40 receptions for 276 yards and two TDs for the Spartans . . . transferred from UConn in January 2023 . . . rushed for 2,280 yards (4.6 avg.; 57.0 ypg) and 12 TDs on 491 carries during his 40-game collegiate career (16 games at UConn in 2021-22; 24 at MSU in 2023-24) . . . finished his collegiate career with 2,722 all-purpose yards (2,280 rushing; 442 receiving) . . . had 64 catches for 442 yards and two TDs in his collegiate career . . . started 30 of his 40 career collegiate games (eight starts at UConn, 22 at MSU) . . . had eight career 100-yard rushing games (four at UConn, four at MSU) . . . scored a total of 14 touchdowns (12 rushing, two receiving) in his collegiate career, including 11 at MSU (nine rushing, two receiving) . . . graduated with his degree in human development and family studies from Michigan State in December 2024.
2024 SEASON (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Led MSU with a career-high five rushing touchdowns and ranked second on the team in carries (116) and rushing yards (499; 4.3 avg; 41.6 ypg) . . . also ranked fourth on the team with 18 catches for 173 yards and two TDs . . . led MSU with seven total TDs (five rushing, two receiving) . . . ranked second on the team in all-purpose yards with 672 (499 rushing, 173 receiving) . . . played in all 12 games with 10 starts . . . named to the Academic All-District and Academic All-Big Ten Team . . . voted one of five season captains by his teammates . . . had seven carries for 47 yards, including a 26-yard TD run, to go along with three catches for 23 yards for a total of 70 all-purpose yards in his Spartan finale on Senior Day vs. Rutgers . . . scored a rushing TD and a receiving TD in same game for first time in career with a 2-yard rushing score and a 20-yard TD catch in the Purdue game, the first time with one rushing TD and one receiving TD in same game by a Michigan State player since Sept. 18, 2021, when Jayden Reed had a rushing and receiving TD in the Spartans’ win at Miami (Fla.) . . . finished game with nine carries for 15 yards and a TD, while tallying two catches for 32 yards and a TD, and logging 27 snaps in the victory over the Boilermakers . . . started game at Illinois and snared first career TD catch with 5-yard scoring reception, part of a career-high tying five receptions for 20 yards, adding six rushes for 19 yards . . . opened Indiana game in backfield and had eight attempts for 6 yards, adding one catch for 13 yards . . . started game at Michigan and finished with a season-high tying 19 carries for a season-high and MSU career-best 118 yards, registering first 100-yard outing of the season and first since 108 vs. Iowa last season (9/30/23), a span of 15 games . . . scored third rushing TD of season with 2-yard plunge to the end zone in the first quarter for the Spartans’ opening TD of the game . . . snared a 26-yard reception in the first quarter for what at the time was MSU career-long as well as the second-longest reception of career behind a 47-yarder during freshman season at UConn . . . then topped that MSU career-best with a 30-yard reception in the fourth quarter, setting up MSU at the UM 21 on the Spartans’ final drive . . . ended the game with a team-leading and collegiate career-best 56 yards on two receptions . . . with the 118 rushing yards and 56 receiving yards, finished with an MSU career-high 174 all-purpose yards, and the second-most of collegiate career, behind top mark of 200 yards, vs. Utah State (9/27/22) while at UConn . . . scored second rushing TD of season with a 1-yard scoring plunge in fourth quarter of Iowa game to seal the Victory for MSU, finishing with nine carries for 49 yards . . . held to season-low five carries for 11 yards at Oregon, adding two catches for 10 yards . . . had six rushes for 27 yards in Ohio State game, including a 19-yard scamper on the Spartans’ first play from scrimmage, notching 20 plays, and with the 27 yards, surpassed the 2,000 career yards plateau . . . kept in check with just 9 yards on 9 carries in game at Boston College, adding three catches for 18 yards, in logging 39 plays . . . had eight carries for 93 yards with a TD on a 60-yard scoring scamper in the second quarter of the Prairie View A&M game, for first rushing TD of the season and the 60-yard scamper was the longest offensive play of collegiate career . . . started game at Maryland and led MSU’s rushing attack with 11 carries for 59 yards, including a long of 30 yards on Spartans’ opening possession, setting up MSU TD three plays later, in logging 47 offensive plays . . . registered 19 carries for 48 yards, adding one catch after starting season opener vs. Florida Atlantic . . . represented Michigan State at the 2024 Big Ten Media Days in Indianapolis . . . was Michigan State’s nominee for the AFCA Good Works Team and the Wuerffel Trophy for his work in the community, including volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House of Mid-Michigan.
2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Recorded career highs in rushing yards (798), carries (185), rushing touchdowns (4) and all-purpose yards (901) in his first season with the Spartans while starting all 12 games . . . also had a career-high 22 catches for 103 yards . . . had three 100-yard rushing outings (108 at Iowa on Sept. 30, 111 vs. Richmond on Sept. 9, 113 vs. Central Michigan on Sept. 1) . . . led the team in rushing yards, carries, rushing touchdowns and all-purpose yards . . . earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors from the coaches and media . . . ranked eighth in the Big Ten in rushing yards (798) and rushing yards per game (66.5 ypg) and 15th in all-purpose yards (75.1 ypg; 901) . . . ranked third in the conference in the regular season with 185 carries (15.4 pg) . . . had four carries of 20-plus yards and three carries of 30-plus yards . . . one of three Spartans on offense to start all 12 games . . . registered double-digit carries in every game, including a season-high 20 vs. Iowa and Rutgers . . . had eight carries for 39 yards against No. 11 Penn State, which entered the game No. 2 in the FBS in rushing defense . . . had 10 carries for 48 yards and one catch for 4 yards in win at Indiana, but had to leave the game in the third quarter due to an injury . . . started game at Ohio State and rushed for 52 yards on 11 carries, including a 27-yard run in the first quarter, which was his longest rush in a Big Ten game . . . was starting running back in Nebraska game, posting 50 yards on 15 carries, adding two catches for 9 yards . . . started game at Minnesota and rushed 11 times for 44 yards and snared career-high tying five catches for 9 yards . . . started Michigan game and rushed 17 times for 36 yards, adding two catches for 25 yards . . . was starting running back in game at Rutgers and led MSU with a season-high tying 20 carries for 52 yards, matching season-high for carries for the second game in a row after 20 in the Iowa game (9/30/23) . . . started Iowa game and posted 100-yard outing on season high for carries with 108 yards on 20 carries, adding one reception on four targets . . . was starting running back in Maryland game, rushing 19 times for 97 yards, just missing third 100-yard outing in four games as a Spartan . . . added a career-high five catches for 23 yards against the Terrapins, topping previous career-best of four receptions from freshman season at UConn vs. Yale (10/16/21) . . . started Washington game at running back, rushing 17 times for 48 yards, adding one catch for 2 yards . . . was starting running back in Week 2 vs. Richmond, rushing for second consecutive 100-yard game with 111 yards on 19 carries with career-high three TDs . . . scored all three TDs in the third quarter, becoming the first Spartan to score three rushing TDs in a quarter since Jehuu Caulcrick had three in the first quarter vs. UAB on Sept. 1, 2007, on runs of 5, 1 and 42 yards . . . started Spartan debut in season opener vs. Central Michigan, rushing 18 times for 113 yards and one TD, coming on a 2-yard plunge late in the second quarter to give MSU a 10-7 lead in the eventual 31-7 win . . . also had one catch for 21 yards . . became the third consecutive Spartan transfer to start and rush for more than 100 yards in the season opener (Kenneth Walker III, Jalen Berger).
2022 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT UCONN): Led UConn in rushing the first month of the season with 405 yards on 65 carries (101.3 ypg/6.2 avg.) before suffering a shoulder injury in the fourth game . . . also had five receptions for 39 yards . . . rushed six times for 21 yards and had a 9-yard reception at Michigan in Week 4 . . . compiled 71 yards on the ground on 16 carries at Syracuse. . . collected his second straight 100-yard game with 123 yards on season-high 23 carries, including a 17-yard touchdown run, against Central Connecticut State . . . rushed for a career-high 190 yards on 20 carries, including a season-long 52-yarder, and totaled 200 all-purpose yards (190 rushing, 10 receiving) in season-opening victory over Utah State.
2021 SEASON (FRESHMAN AT UCONN): Played in all 12 games, including four starts . . . led UConn with 578 yards rushing on 125 carries (4.6 avg.) with two touchdowns . . . also had 19 catches for 127 yards . . . recorded 124 all-purpose yards at UCF with 77 yards rushing on 13 carries, including a touchdown, and had two catches for 47 yards . . . rushed for a season-high 136 yards on 20 carries vs. UMass . . . had a career-high 24 carries for 123 yards against Vanderbilt . . . rushed 10 times for 65 yards and a 2-yard score vs. Wyoming.
2020 SEASON: UConn did not compete during the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic . . . enrolled early at UConn in January 2020
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Played for Coach Rick Gause at Bishop Kearney High School in Rochester, New York . . . member of the National Honor Society and served as a team captain . . . named team MVP and earned All-Greater Rochester honors as a senior in 2019 . . . rushed for 1,259 yards and 15 touchdowns and also had two receiving scores as a junior in 2018 . . . in addition, had 62 tackles on defense and 360 return years to pick up second-team All-Greater Rochester accolades . . . son of Darryl and Viatta Carter . . . human development and family studies major graduated from MSU in December 2024 . . . born May 22, 2002.
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