Career
Games: 28
Maryville Debut: Sept. 3, 2022, vs. Berry
Stats Through End of 2024: 87 receptions for 1,547 yards and 14 touchdowns; 17.8-yard average; Long reception 82 yards; 84 points.

Awards
2024 All-USA South First Team
2024 USA South Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 21)

2024 (Junior)
Games: 11
Position: WR
Stats: Team leader in all three major receiving categories, with 47 catches for 969 yards and six touchdowns ... 20.6-yard average ... Long reception 82 yards ... 36 points..
Best Games: Helped Maryville win its first NCAA playoff game and reach nine wins in season for second time in history and first time since 1946 ... Scots also captured USA South Conference championship with perfect 7-0 record in final season of competition in that league ... Named to All-USA South First Team after setting personal season highs in receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns ... His 969 receiving yards ranked third in program history and his 20.6 yards-per-reception rate ranked fourth ... Already stands sixth in Maryville history with 87 career receptions and 1,547 career receiving yards ... He is fourth in all-time receiving touchdowns with 14 ... Only Scot with at least one catch in all 11 games, and he had two or more in every game ... Ended season with streak of 22 games with at least one reception ... Career-high seven receptions at Centre for 144 yards and one TD ... Career-high 162 receiving yards and career-tying two touchdowns catches in 44-16 triumph over Huntingdon ...  Posted six catches that day to match his total in NCAA playoff game at No. 9 DePauw ... Caught clinching 53-yard pass at Berry to wrap up Scots first NCAA playoff victory in program history ... Four games with at least 100 receiving yards ... The other two besides Centre and Huntingdon were 114 at LaGrange in 38-13 triumph and 101 on two catches in 47-7 road triumph over Greensboro ... Single TD receptions against Centre, Greensboro, North Carolina Wesleyan and at DePauw ... His 969 receiving yards also made him the team's all-purpose yardage leader ... Long reception was career-best 82-yard TD strike from Bryson Rollins at Greensboro for sixth-longest reception in program history ... Caught 70-yard touchdown against Huntingdon and 66-yard completion against LaGrange that set up TD one play later ... Tied for third on team with 36 points.

2023 (Sophomore)
Games: 7
Position: WR
Stats: Fourth on team with 17 receptions ... Third on team with 216 receiving yards ... Tied for team lead with four receiving touchdowns ... 12.7-yard average ... Long reception 34 yards ... 24 points.
Best Games: Missed season's first three games but returned to tie for the team lead in touchdown receptions and rank as one of team's top pass-catchers ... Caught at least one pass in all seven games played ... Best all-around game was four catches for career-high 70 yards and career-best two touchdowns in 49-14 triumph at North Carolina Wesleyan ... Hauled in 34-yarder that day for his longest pass play of season ... Also caught four for 60 yards in his 2023 debut at Brevard ... Touchdown receptions in wins against both Greensboro and Belhaven.

2022 (First Year)
Games: 10
Position: WR
Stats: Tied for second on team with 23 receptions ... Also second on team with both 362 receiving yards and four receiving touchdowns ... 15.7-yard average ... Long reception 62 yards ... 24 points..
Best Games: Opened scoring at Southern Virginia with 62-yard touchdown reception ... Scots went on to win 45-7 ... Season-high six catches for 47 yards at Greensboro ... Best yardage game was 68 on four catches against Huntingdon ... Included 19-yard TD strike that opened scoring that afternoon ... First collegiate touchdown was 18-yard reception in opener against Berry ... Added 21-yard TD catch as part of 61-7 Homecoming victory against North Carollina Wesleyan ... Finished season with three catches each against N.C. Wesleyan, Brevard and Belhaven ... Three for 61 and the score that day against N.C. Wesleyan ... Three for 51 yards at Belhaven helped spark 25-22 upset victory ... Included 31-yarder for second-longest catch of season ... At least one reception in eight of 10 games played.

Before Maryville
Attended Pope John Paul II High School in Hendersonville ... Lettered four seasons under head coach Justin Geisinger … Senior-year captain.

Position: WR/CB
Stats: As senior, made 54 receptions for 1,031 yards and four touchdowns … For career, posted over 100 catches for more than 1,600 yards … Added 40 tackles.
Honors: All-State and All-Region … Named to Nashville All-American Bowl … Team Captain Award and No Regrets Award.
Get to Know: Also played basketball.

Personal
Born: Stephen Lamar Carter Jr., in Evansville, Indiana.
Family: Parents are Stephen Carter and Holly Ayers … Two sisters, Nautika and Aundrea.