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Without question, David Carter is the best running-back in Morehouse College football history and maybe the best player the program has ever produced.

 As a junior, he has more touchdowns and points than any other player to ever grace the field at Morehouse College, with 35 touchdowns.  Carter broke the single season touchdown record formerly held by son of Denzel Washington and former NFL player John David Washington who scored 13 TDs in 2005, by scoring 19 of his own for Maroon Tigers this season.  With all the accolades attached to his name, his character remains humble and steadfast with a will to win.

“The coaches keep telling me ‘you broke this record, you broke that record’.  But, all I want to do is win,” said Carter.  “It’s an honor to be able to play; I didn’t even think I would play college football,” added Carter.

As great as Carter is now, there was a time when coaches didn’t see the potential for him to play at the college football level.  He didn’t receive any athletic scholarships offers coming out of high school and was on his way to play baseball at Kennesaw State University, before changing his mind and making a decision to work hard and walk on to the Morehouse football team.

As a freshman in his first game, Carter rushed for 163 yards and two touchdowns, a star was born.

“Finally opportunity arrived and I took it.  It’s been all downhill from there,” said Carter.

In a game this year against Fort Valley he rushed for 251 yards and four touchdowns, in the first half!  This performance was a NCAA division 2 first half rushing record and a Morehouse single game rushing record.  Carter barley played in the third quarter and didn’t play in the fourth otherwise he would have been on pace to break the NCAA D2 full game rushing record of 419 yards. 

“I use to go to Fort Valley as a child.  Both my parents are from there so it felt like a homecoming.  Everything was going right that day my offensive line executed blocks and receivers made some nice blocks down field.  As a team our goal is to play faster, harder, smarter than our opponents in every game,” said Carter.

He broke his own Morehouse single-season rushing record from last year of 1,347 with 1495 yards on the ground this year.

“After last year my coaches told me I had good feet, but I didn’t have that breakaway speed,” said Carter.

This criticism fueled a work ethic in Carter that is unmatched by his competitors.  After ending the season weighting 240lbs last year, Carter entered this season at a slim and sleek 215lbs.  In the Nation Classic against Howard this year, he got a chance to show that breakaway speed when he sprinted 79 yards for a touchdown against a division 1 defense.

Carter holds just about every major offensive record a running back can attain at Morehouse, except the career rushing record which he is about 350 yards away from. The only thing between Carter, that record, and a potential NFL career is his much anticipated senior season.

-Quincy Young

Quincy Young is a staff writer at HOUSEsports. He can be reached at Qyoung2@tigermail.morehouse.edu  or followed @Qbballin3 on twitter.