Patrick Carter is one of the most popular and richest American Football Player who was born on February 6, 1985 in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. Patrick chose to go to Georgia Tech, primarily to be nearer to his elder brother. Through his college experience, Patrick played four out of five seasons as a quarterback. He was a backup quarterback in 2004. was the back-up quarterback for Reggie Ball. In the same season, he also qualified for the 60-metre indoor race in track and field. He also competed in the ACC Indoor Championship.
In 2006, Carter resumed playing as a wide receiver, and started along with Harry Douglas, Gary Barnidge, Michael Bush, Brian Brohm, Breno Giacomini, Mario Urrutia and Bilial Powell. During this season, Carter averaged 5.9 yards per punt return, caught 5 passes for 68 yards, and 17 punt returns for 117 yards. He was listed as the fastest player on the team consistently posting 4.2s and 4.3s 40 yard dashes. When Brohm became injured, Carter was moved to quarterback. In the Orange Bowl that year, he threw the first touchdown pass (1st in Louisville BCS history) to running back Anthony Allen.
In 2007, Carter entered the NFL Draft, and was signed as a Baltimore Ravens free agent. In 2008, Carter signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and played on the practice squad for the season. In 2009, Carter signed with the Seattle Seahawks, and later traded to the Miami Dolphins where he finished after two seasons.
Patrick as well as his elder brother Tim also had a successful high school experience, and was chosen as an Academic All-American at the University of Louisville. Patrick was a star athlete in track and field, as well as basketball. Patrick was a graduate of Lakewood High School (Florida) in 2003. the school is known for its extremely accomplished alumni such as Ernest Givins, Tom Carter (American football), Tim Carter (American football), Louis Murphy, Dante Fowler Jr., Rashod Moulton, Aveion Cason, Cornell Green (offensive tackle), Jonte Green, Rose Richmond, Shaquill Griffin, Shaquem Griffin He was selected to the 2003 East/West All Star Game however he declined the invitation so that a different player or friend could be seen. Patrick completed his the high school in 2003 with over 50 college athletic scholarship opportunities.
Patrick recorded the record for seven Lakewood high School records in his time as a quarterback, which included the most completed passes, total yards in the course of a season, highest completion rate, total touchdowns, yards total in an entire game, the highest average of yards per game and set the record for quarterback sneaks for the longest rush (99 yards). In his senior year the team was ranked 12th in the country as a dual threat quarterback.
In 2005, Carter transferred to Louisville, which meant he had to sit out of athletics for the year. Instead of playing, he logged over 1,000+ hours with Habitat for Humanity and made many visits to children’s hospitals.
