That's kind of what I did,' he said.Ĭarter said discussions with scouts and advisors after the season convinced him that he needed to put together a really good college football season with the numbers to match his impressive size (6-foot-3, 215 pounds) and athleticism.įittingly, he ended up choosing a school in a state where his grandparents and his mother, Tammy Hairston, once lived. 'I thought about declaring after last season at NC State, and I felt like I could make a better mark in the college world, so I felt like I would help myself by transferring to another school.

Therefore, he figured a change of scenery was probably in order. Again, it was good, but not off-the-charts exceptional - and then last year was more of the same – 25 catches for 406 yards and two touchdowns. Two years ago, Carter was responsible for 31 catches for 556 yards and six touchdowns. It was the same deal in 2020 when he caught 29 passes for 477 yards and two touchdowns during the COVID season. His redshirt freshman year in 2019, he caught 32 passes for 456 yards – good, but not mind-blowing.

I was like, 'You know, we're roughly from around the same area, and if he can do it then it shouldn't be a big problem for me.''Ĭarter had four solid seasons at NC State, catching 118 passes for 1,906 yards and 10 touchdowns, but he never was really targeted enough to have the monster season he felt he could have. 'He kind of helped me out and gave me a good perspective of what I would be dealing with if I came here. 'I asked him (Ford-Wheaton) about the strength and conditioning program, some of the coaches and how it is at West Virginia period,' Carter said earlier this week. So, with West Virginia losing its top four receivers, one of them being Bryce Ford-Wheaton who grew up not too far from Carter in North Carolina, Morgantown, West Virginia, it was.

1 goal is getting to the NFL, and putting together a year with a lot of targets was high on his list. He knew his situation at NC State, and he researched what was out there for him in the transfer portal at Penn State and other places before determining that West Virginia was the best option for him at this point in his career.

– For West Virginia University senior wide receiver Devin Carter, the choice for playing a sixth season of college football came down to one word – volume.

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