Michael Carter comes into the NFL with a relatively solid amount of tread on his tires, as he was never “the guy” throughout his four years in Chapel Hill. Carter amassed 596 touches over 44 career games, an average of 13.5 per game. In 2020, he averaged a career-high 16.5 touches per game with 181 of them in 11 games.
Over the past two seasons, Carter was deployed in a nearly dead-even split with Javonte Williams, who ended up being taken 35th overall by the Denver Broncos in this year’s draft. In 2020, Carter rushed 157 times to Williams’ 156 while both players caught 25 passes.