Jonathan Carter ( American football ) Jonathan Carter ( born March 20 , 1979 in Anniston , Alabama ) is an American football wide receiver in the National Football League . College career . Carter played college football at Troy State University ( now Troy University ) . He played only two seasons of college football at Troy State , totaling 46 catches for 869 yards and 11 touchdowns . Carter was an All - Southland Football League selection after starting every game as a senior in 2000 , compiling 40 receptions for 632 yards and eight touchdowns , as well as ten kickoff returns for 286 yards and another score . He added seven carries for 88 yards , giving him an average of 91 . 5 All - purpose yards per game for the season . He also had a career game against Alabama State , gaining 111 yards on seven catches with two touchdowns . He played in 11 games in 1999 , totaling six catches for 237 yards and three touchdowns . He recorded a career - long catch of 65 yards on a touchdown strike against Middle Tennessee State and was drafted in the fifth round of the 2001 NFL Draft by the New York Giants . Professional career . As a rookie with the Giants , Carter appeared in two games and returned eight kickoffs for 155 yards and led the team with a 19 . 4 - yard average per return . In 2002 , he returned one kickoff for 14 yards in the Giants ’ opener against San Francisco , but was waived by the Giants on October 8 , 2002 and claimed by the Jets the next day . He was inactive for the Jets ’ final 11 regular season games and both post season contests . He scored a touchdown on his first career reception , the sixth Jets player to do so . He has played 22 games for the team , catching two touchdown passes and receiving a total of 266 yard passes . He has also played one post - season game for the team . Carter was signed by the Buccaneers in January , 2006 , after four previous seasons split between the Giants and Jets in New York . Tampa Bay allocated him to the NFL Europe League for the 2006 season , but Carter never made it overseas , due to an injury suffered in the league ’ s stateside joint training camp . He went instead to the NFLEL ’ s facility in Birmingham to recover from his injury . The Buccaneers were allowed to use Carter ’ s roster exemption on another player from the NFL Europe League who was not already affiliated with an NFL team . Eventually , that exemption would have to be assumed by only one of the two players . Tampa Bay signed defensive end / long - snapper Jordan Hicks in June . When Carter returned to full health , the Buccaneers chose to leave the exemption with Hicks and released Carter . Carter is currently looking to be picked by other teams . Personal . Carter was named All - State , All - Area and team MVP as a junior and senior at Lineville ( AL ) High School . He was lettered four times in football and gained more than 1 , 900 yards receiving and 700 yards rushing for his high school career . He majored in Business at Troy State . Carter also served as a volunteer for the Jets ’ JV Clinic , assisted in the Jets ’ Blood Drive in May 2003 , and participated in Santana Moss ’ event with Operation SCORE ( Seizing Control of Right Eating ) , where he manned one of six stations . The New York Jets players manned each station and taught children about stretching , aerobic exercise and conditioning . Carter also articipated in the Club ’ s Football Fanfare / Kid Reporter of the Week Program with The Star Ledger by interviewing with a kid reporter after the Club ’ s 9 / 28 game vs . Dallas . Carter has a son named Jace and a daughter named Jaylee .