RICHMOND — Chris Carter is an NFL success story, just not the type you’re thinking of. He’s never made a Pro Bowl and doesn’t have any Super Bowl rings. He’s not a household name. But in a league where NFL is often said to stand for Not For Long, Carter is entering his seventh season.
Any player who lasts that long in the NFL has beaten the odds. For a former fifth-round pick to carve a career as a journeyman backup takes discipline and mental fortitude. For Carter, those traits were forged in him during a three-week military boot camp during high school he says was the turning point in his football career.