About Jalen Carter
Jalen Da'Quan Carter is an American professional football defensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs, where he was a unanimous All-American in 2022 and a two-time CFP national champion before being selected by the Eagles ninth overall in the 2023 NFL draft. Carter earned second-team All-Pro honors in 2024, and played an instrumental part in helping the Eagles win Super Bowl LIX. Carter first played football for the Apopka Raptors, a youth football team in his hometown of Apopka, Florida. Carter declared for the 2023 NFL draft after the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship, in which the Bulldogs also won. During Carter's first minicamp, he impressed the likes of veteran teammates such as Darius Slay and Lane Johnson, being described by them as a "game changer", and being compared to a "baby Rhino". Georgia won the National Championship that year over Alabama.
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